Nope, not naive nor the biggest fan of Gilbert's antics or the timeline on Phase II. I just get tired of those who claim to speak for "most Clevelanders" and who post their opinion and speculation as fact and anyone who isn't in lockstep is a full-fledged apologist. I also don't understand projecting beefs on others like simms3 -
"gilbert is profiting off of cleveland and you are trying to hide him behind his corporate holdings and buracracy to absolve him" I wasn't aware simms3 was personally in charge of Gilbert's operations and PR.
I don't know if/when he'll build Phase II - we both agree his track record locally isn't stellar, and at some point there needs to be repercussions if he doesn't follow through. That said, do you have a notarized and signed letter (knowing Gilbert, probably in Comic Sans) where he states everything you've suggested?