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This weekend is special because it is to pay our respects to those that served our country honorably and fought to keep us free of outside oppression. I know there are many forces assaulting our values as a nation in the world and our service members are the guardians of all of our freedoms.
"Thank You to all that are serving now, all those that have already served, and all those that have fallen and paid the ultimate price for our freedoms!"
I would like to make folks aware that the threat to our continued freedom has at Least three fronts.
The first is obviously the Outsiders, whom I have no doubt our service members can handle, We need to vote and support only people with the strictest moral fiber to protect our constitutional rights and promote our great Republic as the best place to live, work and follow your passions on the planet. Please vote smart this Election Day, every year our continued greatness falls on our shoulders to elect our peers to carry out our desires in the halls of national, state and local halls of governance.
But alas our country has a third front. We are under assault by people with malicious and malevolent purposes. These people are just as much Infidels in my mind as those that seek to wage war on us for religious purposes. These cyber space stalkers, Internet predators and social media trolls are the enemy none the less just as are jihadists externally. This third front are those that live here within our protected nation and abuse our freedoms, by attacking our values as a nation and bully and attack individuals that disagree with their own views. Honorable people do not attack others who differ in their views, they give them the choice to express themselves as long as it is within the confines and boundaries of our rights. Lying and defaming people is not a protected right within the constitution.
Four years ago I picked up one of these deviant sociopaths that fabricated and even manipulated some of the media to buy into her false stories. She not only attacked me professionally for no reason (I do not know her and have had no dealings with her prior) but she stalked my wife and children online as well. She harassed my client and employers with made up stories just for her own evil pleasure. Then she attacked my fellow brothers in the Templar Order for standing by me. I taught me some real life lessons that there truly are people of completely unscrupulous motives out there and they are just as much the enemy of the Knights Templar and all people who espouse to follow and live by chivalrous noble norms as any external enemy. What would you call someone that makes up things and twists the truth to embarrass you, cause you mental anguish and financially ruin your life and the honest pursuit of your own passions (honorably done a d adhering to the laws of our great nation) and whom even writes to your employers and fabricates complaints to try to get you fired?
She is an enemy In my mind and an Infidel. I was inspired to write a fictional book based on what I learned about this horrific experience ( Soapbox-Momster Cyber Stalker of the Abyss.) Just be aware and be prepared to defend our noble purpose of telling our Templar story.
My own stalker is still out there, I had her investigated by one of our intelligence community service members and said their review of her shows she has done this to many people, she has at least 7 if not more online aliases that she uses to look like she has support, and she is smooth she sells her malicious stories by creating made up stories and making them seem real, she is an expert manipulator. I had her reviewed by a colleague Dr. Michael Nuccitelli of IPredator and he enlightened me on her sickness. Don't fall prey to such people. They only wish Bad intentions and have nothing positive to endorse or put forth themselves. At some point he encouraged me he believes the laws will be updated so thst defamation and slander are a criminal offense, so that enforcement without bankrupting you as a person will be available. For now they are hiding in the shadows under their anonymous identities and are not reachable by the law.
I share this with you so you know I am being transparent with regard to my desire to make this noble film and tell this Knights Templar story accurately and from a Templar perspective and so you know we have enemies out there (Social Media Infidels) that would seek to snuff out and prevent this story from being told.
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Don Holbrook, KTJ

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The only true enemy of the Knights Templar in this story is their own errant Knight Don Allen Holbrook. All lies and subterfuge by the Dark Knight. Libel and Defamation can easily be handled in civil court, the problem is the scammer can't find a false statement of fact or any grounds, so he makes up these ridiculous tales of needing new criminal laws (which will never happen.) I also talke to the good doctor and he allows everyone to cut and paste his materials about cyber stalkers. Holbrook is clearly delusional. He also knows my 1 identity that I use to post is Soapboxmom. How long is he going to keep spouting this utter nonsense?

He is a failed Economic Developer. He has been mired in controversy. He had acrimonious departures as he was fired from 2 economic developer positions and not renewed for a third. He sued the first entity that fired him and threatened the second.

Holbrook declared a chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2007 and wrote off almost 2 million including 1.29 million in attorney fees. He declared bankruptcy again in 2011 while continuing to live like royalty.

He hasn't had a major project come to fruition in over a decade though he has claimed hundreds of successful projects worth billions that created 50,000 jobs that he worked on. In reality he sat on the board of a small business loan operation and approved loans for things he had no involvement in whatsoever.
He has been sued in Ohio for his economic development work. In that suit Holbrook dragged in numerous newspapers, reporters, taxpayers (commenting on the waste of tax dollars Holbrook was involved in) and me. He was tossed out of court in record time.

He was the consultant with a hand in very pie for Earthquest billion dollar theme park that was to be built north of Houston, but is only on paper. He was paid by the originator of the concept, the developer, the designer, the East Montgomery County Improvement District, Baker Leisure Group, the phony charity set up (he was the CEO for a charity that was to promote the for profit theme park --totally unethical) and more. He and his LLCs walked away with more than 1.2 million dollars and then right into bankruptcy he went. The Texas taxpayers will ultimately have to pay 24 million for this boondoggle.

In addition to Ohio running him out, Pahrump, NV did as well. All the other ecomonic developer jobs he has bragged of for the past decade are apparently fiction as is his continuing claim to be a PhD.
All said and done his book is an incredibly boring autobiographical diatribe about his failures and personal problems melded with a death threat against me and the story of my murder that he thinks he can couch as fiction. It is very factual and he is selling it as a biography and true crime book online as an e-book.
Don Allen Holbrook is a known scammer and fraud. Please research before supporting his Knights Templar Movie.

Don Allen Holbrook has been skewered in the press for 25 years: EarthQuest's Don Holbrook Threatens to Sue Critics into Submission | Houston Press (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/earthquests-don-holbrook-threatens-to-sue-critics-into-submission-6726201)

www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197 (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197) New questions arise about amusement park project (http://www.click2houston.com/news/new-questions-arise-about-amusement-park-project_20151124023820704)

Court gives EarthQuest developer time to raise money, save project - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13295) EMCID entourage racks up expenses at resorts, restaurants, theme parks - Monday, April 02, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13452)

EarthQuest 2009 bond sale: where did tax dollars go - Monday, April 30, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13545) EMCID continues to pay Earthquest expenses - Monday, November 12, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=14410)

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Watch for the upcoming interview of Dr. Michael Nuccitelli regarding the defining characteristics of these new Internet Predators and the need for new criminal cyber laws versus civil law governance to police this electronic frontier. America's Internet Stalkers will be filming a short documentary film on this huge problem that has been spawned by instant and continuous access to communications and information. These new Peeping Toms are malicious souls with a dark desire to act out for attention that they are mostly incapable of getting in the real world.
More on the planned new series will follow!
Don Allen Holbrook is completely unhinged and delusional. Reading pages that he chose to make public, newspaper articles, court records, videos and the like that are all readily available is not cyber stalking. Holbrook has been exposed because he has been paid with tax dollars and is going forward trying to bilk money out of Knights Templars themselves (and using their good name) and unsuspecting folks who have an absolute right to know his history so that they can make informed decisions.

Holbrook also has of yet never identified a single false statement of fact made by me or anyone else that he has publicly attacked or sued (and been laughed out of court by.) Therefor by definition there has never been any defamation. He is just enraged that anyone dares to question him. The Texas taxpayers must cough up 24 million for Holbrook's hand in every pie failed billion dollar theme park Earthquest. Hang on to your pocketbooks and run!

[Soapboxmom]

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Knights Templar movie Public Enemy #1 Social Media Jihadist - Troll and Infidel Heather Dobrott is once again at her misinformation to try and cause people to not support the making of this film. First and foremost she is false in ALL her allegations. But, let's focus on our movie project.
This is a movie about the Knights Templar being organized and created by a Knighted member of the SMOTJ. It is NOT a product that has sought, requires or is financially supported officially by the SMOTJ, nor is that necessary. All of us as Knights have our own passions and pursuit of our Knights Quest. So, the latest blathering attempting to discredit our film are AGAIN normal tactics for our public social media antagonist, writing and discussing this on her own scum sites, to lead people to possibly believe this is an official project endorsed by my Order. It is not, and I have no interest in such endorsements.

I have written books on this film topic and prior to my being knighted in 2010 at USMA West Point, NY I fully disclosed my passion for writing and producing Knights Templar stories. The Grand Priory has no stated concern with my activities and has told me that in the past. My efforts in no way are aimed at discrediting the Knights Templar historical legacy or the current SMOTJ activities, and her own efforts are in direct opposition of most things that I and my Templar brothers character and chivalrous code of conduct represent.
I wanted to make sure that all of you as supporters are well aware of our public enemy and deceitful twisting of the truth and reality to attempt to destroy our movie project and falsely smear my good name. 100% of her cited allegations are all twists of the truth and NOT supported by actual facts, her only beef is that I will not allow her bullying and harassment to seek validation from her warped sense of entitlement that her opinion matters. My references, clients, colleagues and friends, which number in the thousands have all spoken out as to her false portrayals.
Thank you for your continued support in spite of this obviously annoying Infidel.
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Knights Templar Movie (https://www.facebook.com/KnightsTemplarMovieFund/?rc=p) Please share this post amongst our brothers if you are a Templar, it is important that we maintain our ranks and let dark souls and anti-Christian infidels create havoc amongst ourselves. Knowledge of these type activities and raising awareness of this deceitful tactics is our best defense. Veritas vos Liberabit
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Remember folks that this woman is berating me as a knighted Templar and her only goal is to smear mine and the Templar Orders good name. Sounds really similar to the betrayal and persecution set about by the Pope and King Phillip that tried to destroy the Templars reputation and existence before. We have dealt with these vile folks in the past and we will handle these Infidels today as well. Nothing will stop us from making this movie and telling our story. She is just like Phillip IV and Pope Clement V, her actions are blasphemy and vile attempts to discredit our Order and her own disrespect of Christian morals and sacrilegious portrayal of Christ on her website are purely the work of someone in league with Satan's interests not Christ's. remember our motto, "Veritas vos Librrabit" The Truth Shall Set us Free

She is anti-Templar and even very sac religious, her logo is Christ vomiting. Brothers be aware that we have a stalker that has spread malicious lies about me, and she has publicly attacked the Templar Order, berating them and trying to humiliate me and halt our progress on the movie. She is now stalking people supporting us on our movie. Avoid her at all costs, she is a vile sociopath that I have never known but who began randomly stalking me and my family 4 years ago.


The American Cyberspace Predator Heather Dobrott tops the Templar Public Enemy List at #1. Her anti-Christian Jihadist tactics of trying to suppress the Knights Templar Story and ridicule the Templar Knights by being a social media infidel and tormenter of the Knights planned movie have mobilized their ranks. Her actions and tactics are blasphemies against Christ and his Holy Soldiers along with being guilty of heinously attacking the standards of Chivalric conduct. Her actions cause Templars to reflect upon their ultimate betrayal on Friday the 13th by Pope Clement V and French King Phillip IV in 1307. That attempt to destroy them failed and caused the Templars to become even more secretive in their mission. This is a classic struggle of Good versus Evil and every generation it seems the Templars find new satanic and infidel oppressors that seek to destroy their legacy and mission, yet their enemies never prevail. Evil has a new face on the Internet so memorize it well, this dark soul has no empathy, compassion or morality, she is the agent of pure Malevolence.

There is nothing Christian about this social media infidel don't engage her, let us and the Order handle her. She is a vile and heinous person.

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Real life Stalker of the Author becomes Templars Public Enemy #1 by attacking and harassing fellow Templars and their movie documentary film project. Author considering a new television series based on these social media stalkers and trolls to further expose them.
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Don Allen Holbrook is clearly stating that I am the # 1 enemy of the Knights Templar / SMOTJ and he is claiming the Order is going to "handle" me. I have never spoken out against the SMOTJ of Knights Templar. That is just the latest in a mile long list of Holbrook's lies. He is clearly their worst enemy.

I have been one of Holbrook's most vocal critics since I caught him with a hand in every pie of the Earthquest theme park scam which will cost the Texas taxpayers 24 million dollars for bupkis. I researched his monkey business history of the past 25 years and worked with numerous reporters across the country to get the facts out there before the public. Holbrook is just enraged that his lies, deceit, bankruptcies, numerous threats and harassment court cases have all been made public.

I don't believe for a second the Knights Templar Orders / SMOTJ are going to risk getting involved in very public and embarrassing litigation by letting this clown sully their good name and soliciting money. His behavior does not reflect the precepts of a true Christian Knight in any way.


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www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197 (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197)
http://www.click2houston.com/…/new-questions-arise-about-am… (http://www.click2houston.com/news/new-questions-arise-about-amusement-park-project_20151124023820704)
Court gives EarthQuest developer time to raise money, save project - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13295)
EMCID entourage racks up expenses at resorts, restaurants, theme parks - Monday, April 02, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13452)
EarthQuest 2009 bond sale: where did tax dollars go - Monday, April 30, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13545)
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Some awful wench peed in Holbrook's Wheaties big time.

Crazy Stalker = genius journalist / blogger that has dug up every last bit of dirt on Scammer Don Allen Holbrook / The Knights Templar Movie. Texas taxpayers are out a whopping 24 million thanks to the Earthquest theme park debacle where scammer boy had a hand in every pie of that billion dollar nightmare that exists only on paper. Holbrook was even stupid enough to serve as the president and CEO of a fraudulent charity set up to promote the for profit theme park. Holbrook is such a low life sleaze that he sued all of the taxpayers that dared to comment on that waste of millions of dollars. The litigious goon wrote of 1.29 million in legal fees in his chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2007, not to be confused with his 2011 bankruptcy where he weaseled out of more legal fees. He has spent his career threatening and filing harassment suits against taxpayers across the country.

In Texas we used to cry "Remember the Alamo." Now, our battle cry is against Holbrook with "Remember Earthuqest!"

Check out the video following:

https://www.facebook.com/991484390910219/videos/1074343995957591/

https://www.facebook.com/TheKnightsTemplarMovieDonAllenHolbrook/posts/639255532895880

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Who Moved My Smokestack?: America's Failure to Protect Our Jobs and Stop the Erosion of the American Dream




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All we can say is ouch! This will keep the investors running at top speed away from a sure movie flop!!!

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Six years ago this weekend I was knighted at the USMA West Point at the SMOTJ investiture. https://www.facebook.com/DonAllenHolb…/posts/1446502235713:1 (https://www.facebook.com/DonAllenHolbrook/posts/1446502235713:1)

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And, that can be easily revoked!


We are a modern Christian Order of Knighthood dedicated to:

Seeking God in our lives and promoting love and respect for our community.
Increasing understanding between religions, helping pilgrims visit holy places, and maintaining a Christian presence in the Holy Land.
Supporting the poor, sick, and unjustly accused; standing against oppression, and protecting freedom of speech.


Suing the Texas and Nevada taxpayers that commented on 24 million lost with Holbrook's hand in every pie Earthquest theme park disaster sure doesn't seem like an act of a Christian working to protect freedom of speech.

https://economicdeveloper.com/2013/09/10/karma-is-pure-and-not-delusional/

Don Allen Holbrook LLC Sues Soapboxmom & Half of the Planet - Quatloos! (http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?t=8508)

[Soapboxmom]

More hilarious video from scammer and pathological liar Don Allen Holbrook:

https://www.facebook.com/TheKnightsTemplarMovieDonAllenHolbrook/posts/641478636006903

The Knights Templar Movie deal is the brainchild of Don Allen Holbrook. Don Allen Holbrook had a hand in every pie of the failed billion dollar Earthquest theme park including the fraudulent charity that he served as CEO and president of that was established to promote the for profit theme park. The Texas taxpayers are out a whopping 24 million dollars for bupkis. Holbrook had the gall to sue all of the taxpayers that dared to comment on this outrage. Holbrook was fired from 2 Economic Developer positions and not renewed for a third. Huber Heights, Ohio sued him and Pahrump, NV had angry taxpayers attacking him in their newspaper and at numerous town meetings. Holbrook has made a 25 year career out of threatening and filing harassment suits. Holbrook wrote off 1.29 million in legal fees in his 2007 chapter, which should not be confused with his 2011 bankruptcy where he wrote off yet more legal fees. Please check out the following links with newspaper articles and court papers before giving this obvious scam a dime!



https://www.facebook.com/TheKnightsTemplarMovieDonAllenHolbrook/posts/639255532895880

[Soapboxmom]

"Skanky Stalker" at you service!

Check out the third video about airing this week. Don Allen Holbrook is clearly cracking up!

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More video. LOL!!! I guess Holbrook could splice all these together and his movie will be a done deal!
https://www.facebook.com/TheKnightsTemplarMovieDonAllenHolbrook/posts/642200352601398

The following makes it obvious that everyone that got suckered in to this nightmare should immediately dispute the charge on their credit cards as fraudulent and ask for a chargeback while they still can!

More lies and subterfuge. I have never attacked or spoken ill of the Knights Templar at any time. My concern is to see that Don Allen Holbrook doesn't fraudulently invoke their good name to bilk innocent people out of their money. I spoke to SMOTJ national and they do not support Holbrook asking members for money. And, The SMOTJ has not declared me their "public enemy # 1" as Holbrook is claiming. Holbrook's movie will probably never happen as it may well be mired in costly litigation due to Holbrook's continuing antics.

Don Allen Holbrook had a hand in every pie of the failed billion dollar Earthquest theme park including the fraudulent charity that he served as CEO and president of that was established to promote the for profit theme park. The Texas taxpayers are out a whopping 24 million dollars for bupkis. Holbrook had the gall to sue all of the taxpayers that dared to comment on this outrage. Holbrook has made a 25 year career out of threatening and filing harassment suits. Holbrook wrote off 1.29 million in legal fees in his 2007 chapter, which should not be confused with his 2011 bankruptcy where he wrote off yet more legal fees.

Don Allen Holbrook LLC Sues Soapboxmom & Half of the Planet - Quatloos! (http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8508&sid=fd958e6d57277c28afb0eebb12918cd5)

EarthQuest's Don Holbrook Threatens to Sue Critics into Submission | Houston Press (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/earthquests-don-holbrook-threatens-to-sue-critics-into-submission-6726201)

Fantasy Land | Houston Press (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197)

New questions arise about amusement park project (http://www.click2houston.com/news/new-questions-arise-about-amusement-park-project_20151124023820704)

Where is Houston's replacement for Astroworld? (http://www.click2houston.com/news/where-is-houstons-replacement-for-astroworld)

Court gives EarthQuest developer time to raise money, save project - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13295)

EMCID entourage racks up expenses at resorts, restaurants, theme parks - Monday, April 02, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13452)

EarthQuest 2009 bond sale: where did tax dollars go - Monday, April 30, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13545)

EMCID continues to pay Earthquest expenses - Monday, November 12, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=14410)

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This is a long awaited and very intimately personal goal I have had to make a really informative documentary film about all the very awesome and interesting yet little known facts about the real Knights Templar Order. There are just so many things that the world knows little about the Order and how their efforts have shaped and positively changed the world of today not only from the past but yet to this modern day. There is so much that happened after the Knights went into secrecy after the famous diaspora of Friday the 13th of October in 1307. The documentary film will start in the beginning when the order was formed in 1118 by Hugh de Payens and eight other knights (one of which has remained anonymous by design since their inception) that is the very first mystery we will discuss. From what they found under the Temple of Solomon through their betrayal by the Monarchs and the Vatican up to modern day, the mystery thrives. I spent the last six years studying the secrets of the Order for my first major fiction novel "The Ninth Templar Story" which will be published soon in 2016. I became one of the worlds foremost Templar experts and that led to my own Knighting into the Order in 2010 at the USMA at West Point. My expertise since then has been sought out by many others to understand the basis of the founding principles and the lore behind the secrets of the Knights Templar. This led to my first coffee table book I published in 2013 called "The Knights Templar Uncloaked." I am sure you will find these mysteries and secrets as fascinating as I have come to enjoy them myself.

What We Need & What You Get

As I continued to develop the books I began to see that there were no really interesting documentaries that I felt told the possible history of the order after the diaspora in 1307. So, this year I began to explore creating a really good documentary to entertain and address the thirst many have for this topic. I assembled the best screenwriters and other documentary and film experts I could find. I called on my friend from another project a very awesome Movie Director that has just become one of the new legendary directors of the 21st century to ask him to participate in the project and lead the film exploration and production of the documentary and the next planned film the major motion picture that will follow based upon my upcoming book, The Knights Templar Story-Guardians of the Grail. I am thrilled to have Phillip R. Guzman as our Movie Director/Executive Producer. This was the impact I needed to kick off the film project.
Now with the new Title III SEC Rule 147 of the Jobs Act changes to capitalization we can raise the $1,350,000.00 budget in USD to make the documentary and fund the screen play for the major motion picture. By funding the project you will be invested in both films. Your funds will generate a first rate very commercially viable documentary film that should be very profitable to all of you that choose to invest. The projects will be profitable because they cross support each other.
Each of you that invest will be invited to the major four wall private pre-release screening of each of the films. This will be a red carpet event with the actors, actresses, producers, director and the media and other Hollywood VIPs. You will also receive your own personalized Knights Templar Word Art by the Templar Artist, Michael Volpicelli. Your name will be added to the image to make it a true one of a kind. You will also receive a shareholder certificate that entitles you to your prorata share of the movies profit, from the 40% designated shares of ownership being made available for purchase, and your name in the movie credits. These are considered Class C Common Stock ownership rights in the ownership stream.

The Impact

The films will be marketed and released to the major film distribution networks such as iTunes, Netflix, Amazon and other syndicated networks on satellite networks. The films will also be shown and entered into several very exclusive film festivals and our investors will be made aware of those events so they can plan on attending them. There are well over 60,000,000 estimated historical fans of this genre. This could become the next huge movie smash hit and you could be an owner that reaps the tremendous financial benefits of this type of monumental production into the mainstream. Films such as this become classics that play for decades and thus reap longterm economic payoffs for their shareholders. Think of being in on the ground floor of the Da Vinci Code, or Raiders of the Lost Ark, or Hunger Games. On our main website you can read the Nash Report and see for yourself why we believe this is an awesome investment. Please visit www.knightstemplarmovie.com (http://www.knightstemplarmovie.com) to see the ROI report.

Risks & Challenges


Investment in our Shares involves a high degree of risk and should be regarded as speculative. You should consider investing in our Shares only if you can afford the loss of your entire investment. Accordingly, you should consider carefully the following factors, in addition to the other information concerning our Company and our business contained in this Memorandum, before purchasing the Shares offered hereby. The following factors are not to be considered a definitive list of all the risks associated with an investment in our Shares. Each investor acknowledges that the Author and the Officers are not held liable for any actions related to this offering for any personal financial liability and that their investment is an at risk investment that is subject to the conditions of the market and the best effort of all those parties engaged to attempt to bring this creative project to successful fruition in the entertainment marketplace. Such investments are speculative at best and can never guarantee any profit in advance or potentially the success of gaining successful market share revenue to repay the investors for the calculated risk in this investment. Furthermore, all investments are non-refundable and such is the nature of this investment of the investor who chooses to make an investment in holding these shares being offered. The investors understand that this is not an investment that is registered with the SEC, and that the officers are not professional brokers or registered securities sales representatives.

The officers and agents in this project are interested parties in developing the product and have a major stake in the success just as the investors have chosen to select as well. As closely held intimate parties to this transaction they are biased to the product and believe honestly in the potential of the product but such belief is not put forth to manipulate others that the belief of the officers and founders is based upon inside information and/or industry experience at such efforts, but rather on their own personal belief in the potential of the product from an unproven standpoint and personal opinion not based upon expertise in the chosen investment opportunity.
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Many of the initial challenges such as structure and getting a top flight Movie Director have now been addressed. So I am very optimistic but that is my nature. I hope you will join in this effort. I will be sending you via email our stock PPM (Private Placement Memorandum) so that you can fully review the entire investment. As times passes I will be uploading the movie trailer and the Directors Interview with the Author video clips. The investment has a minimum of $395 for class C movie shares that must be purchased to be a recognized investor shareholder.
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Knights Templar Docu-Drama Movie

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Don Allen Holbrook's shameless begging just never ends. The GoGetFunding campaign netted zero dollars as I am sure this new money grab will.

[Whip]

looks like mr. faux bankruptcy missed the boat again:

Knightfall (TV Series) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555364/?ref_=nv_sr_1)

[Soapboxmom]

What a freakin' moron Holbrook is. He wants "real knights" to step up and take action. "Put up or shut up," he says. He goes on about armchair knights. Still begging for money for his movie scam and telling "commoners" that it is small sacrifice of $688.00 a share. Not just ownership for people of stature and class he babbles. All those folks have long since grabbed on tightly to their pocketbooks and run as we all know. He brags of associating "family names with that of the illustrious Knights Templar Order." He has no authority to speak for the order or collect money on their behalf according to the corrupt and inept national office of the SMOTJ.

Knights Templar call to Invest 9 views 4hours


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIeAfbtHBA

[littleroundman]

Ummn,

It's not April Fools Day, is it ???

[pantherdadX2]

What a freakin' moron Holbrook is. He wants "real knights" to step up and take action. "Put up or shut up," he says. He goes on about armchair knights. Still begging for money for his movie scam and telling "commoners" that it is small sacrifice of $688.00 a share. Not just ownership for people of stature and class he babbles. All those folks have long since grabbed on tightly to their pocketbooks and run as we all know. He brags of associating "family names with that of the illustrious Knights Templar Order." He has no authority to speak for the order or collect money on their behalf according to the corrupt and inept national office of the SMOTJ.

Knights Templar call to Invest 9 views 4hours


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIeAfbtHBA

From close to being fully funded and ready to start shooting to this. For 99% of the worlds population this would be considered the low point of their careers. With Sir Shit4Brains, I highly doubt it. I'm wondering how many marbles were rolling around in his helmut during this latest high-dollar Hollywood production. My money's on 1/2 of 1. :RpS_ohmy:

[shipdit]

From close to being fully funded and ready to start shooting to this. For 99% of the worlds population this would be considered the low point of their careers. With Sir Shit4Brains, I highly doubt it. I'm wondering how many marbles were rolling around in his helmut during this latest high-dollar Hollywood production. My money's on 1/2 of 1. :RpS_ohmy:

That looks like a commercial:

If you have shit4brains, we have the helmet for you!
It doesn't matter how much **** you have; it can be coming out your ears!
Our helmet is designed to easily accommodate even maximum ****-flows!
Just listen to what Don Allen Holbrook has to say about his **** from our helmet!

9th grade drama class.
Project: Make up an "SNL" skit.
Due date: Tomorrow
Grade: B-
The teacher was stoned that day.

SD

.

[pantherdadX2]

That looks like a commercial:

If you have shit4brains, we have the helmet for you!
It doesn't matter how much **** you have; it can be coming out your ears!
Our helmet is designed to easily accommodate even maximum ****-flows!
Just listen to what Don Allen Holbrook has to say about his **** from our helmet!

9th grade drama class.
Project: Make up an "SNL" skit.
Due date: Tomorrow
Grade: B-
The teacher was stoned that day.

SD

.

........teacher was stoned that day. hahahahaha. Methinks Sir TurdBucket found teacher's stash that day and it all went downhill from that point. Hey, ****-for-brains, sounds like a lawsuit against that teacher and school district. Teacher left his or her stash easy to find - school employed them, therefore THEY ruined your life. :pulling_hair_out:

[laidback]

........teacher was stoned that day. hahahahaha. Methinks Sir TurdBucket found teacher's stash that day and it all went downhill from that point. Hey, ****-for-brains, sounds like a lawsuit against that teacher and school district. Teacher left his or her stash easy to find - school employed them, therefore THEY ruined your life. :pulling_hair_out:

RIGHT!!! She should have known it would be too easy to find hidden in her purse in her desk.

[Soapboxmom]

From 2008:

Big-city landscape sprouts in rural Montgomery County - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/humble-news/article/Big-city-landscape-sprouts-in-rural-Montgomery-1572532.php)


New hotels and motels are in the works, spurred by the dinosaur project. Five are slated to begin construction this spring, McCrady said.

The dinosaur park/theme resort and a dinosaur institute are projected to bring 1,000 new jobs to the area and more than 1 million visitors each year, he said. The park site is on the west side of U.S. 59, just north of FM 1485.
East county beat out 72 other sites across the country, said Don Holbrook (http://www.chron.com/search/?action=search&channel=neighborhood%2Fhumble-news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Don+Holbrook%22), site adviser for the park.
The earth-friendly park will be designed by Don Lessum, paleontologist, author and adviser on the blockbuster movie Jurassic Park. It will offer education through entertainment and will include dinosaur exhibits, an IMAX theater (http://www.chron.com/search/?action=search&channel=neighborhood%2Fhumble-news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22IMAX+theater%22), an aquarium and a hotel. The institute will be a separate research and educational facility. Construction on the park is slated to begin late this year, Holbrook said.

Good thing we weren't holding our breath!

[consolidation]

Soapbox-Momster (https://www.facebook.com/Soapbox-Momster-991484390910219/) shared a page (https://www.facebook.com/Internetstalkers/).


Don Allen Holbrook is clearly stating that I am the # 1 enemy of the Knights Templar / SMOTJ and he is claiming the Order is going to "handle" me. I have never spoken out against the SMOTJ of Knights Templar. That is just the latest in a mile long list of Holbrook's lies. He is clearly their worst enemy.

I have been one of Holbrook's most vocal critics since I caught him with a hand in every pie of the Earthquest theme park scam which will cost the Texas taxpayers 24 million dollars for bupkis. I researched his monkey business history of the past 25 years and worked with numerous reporters across the country to get the facts out there before the public. Holbrook is just enraged that his lies, deceit, bankruptcies, numerous threats and harassment court cases have all been made public.

I don't believe for a second the Knights Templar Orders / SMOTJ are going to risk getting involved in very public and embarrassing litigation by letting this clown sully their good name and soliciting money. His behavior does not reflect the precepts of a true Christian Knight in any way.


http://www.houstonpress.com/…/earthquests-don-holbrook-thre… (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/earthquests-don-holbrook-threatens-to-sue-critics-into-submission-6726201)
www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197 (http://www.houstonpress.com/news/fantasy-land-6593197)
http://www.click2houston.com/…/new-questions-arise-about-am… (http://www.click2houston.com/news/new-questions-arise-about-amusement-park-project_20151124023820704)
Court gives EarthQuest developer time to raise money, save project - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13295)
EMCID entourage racks up expenses at resorts, restaurants, theme parks - Monday, April 02, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13452)
EarthQuest 2009 bond sale: where did tax dollars go - Monday, April 30, 2012 - Copyright 2013 Ourtribune.com (http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=13545)
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Not sure if he is still trying to pass himself off as a member of the SMOTJ .....I have checked the Supremes (masonic new comers ) and the Sovereigns (non Masonic ecumenical but mainly Catholic 1960 homage group) and he has never been issued a brevet.

Pity ...because if he was in either... he could be easily pulled into line by the Templar "code".
But unfortunately he is just a career scam artist.

Non nobis

[Soapboxmom]

Posts
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(https://www.facebook.com/TemplarKnights.1307/?ref=nf&hc_ref=ARThdExASx8ParfYJ1npnmpKe0E_5Q747qGACVta0Eb uHowf0Kw_EPdboxYEpJdvb-w)Knights Templar Documentary Interview (https://www.facebook.com/TemplarKnights.1307/?hc_ref=ARQd9X1XOWtcCAhWjU0jFnaLXek1HYQaVj3vIWR4d_ Ag6osWdYEw1LeMhd1kRX1XYQ8) updated their cover photo.

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Is a "Documentary Interview" the same thing as the big Hollywood Movie production that was promised???

[laidback]

Is a "Documentary Interview" the same thing as the big Hollywood Movie production that was promised???

Only if you accept that sand lot baseball is the same as a World Series!!!

[Whip]

Only if you accept that sand lot baseball is the same as a World Series!!!

I don't believe talking to one's self would be equivalent to sandlot baseball in your analogy.

[laidback]

I don't believe talking to one's self would be equivalent to sandlot baseball in your analogy.

Okay, so a kid with a stick and a half-flat tennis ball...!

[Whip]

Okay, so a kid with a stick and a half-flat tennis ball...!

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[Soapboxmom]

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That boys and girls is a self-proclaimed #1 Best Selling Author. Don Allen Holbrook whilst claiming to be a best selling author showed 0, yes zero, dollars in income from these books in both of his bankruptcies. The income he listed in his latest bankruptcy was Frank McCrady of EMCID was sneaking Holbrook $8,333.00 a month for the Earthquest Institute fraudulent charity. During that time Holbrook exploded at me in an email posted here declaring that he was no longer employed by the Earthquest Institute. As usual Holbrook was paid to do absolutely nothing.

And, our charming author that is the most unread author in history has proclaimed that Earthquest was not an if but a when. He has yet to get the Earthquest billion dollar theme park to fruition. He made well over 1.2 million dollars for bupkis and the taxpayers are footing the 24 million dollar bill for pretty pictures.

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Contour appears to be defunct. Don Allen Holbrook and his dishonest, dirtbag sidekick Chris Brown just can't stop bragging about Earthquest as if it is a done deal. The website for Contour, that hasn't been updated for several years, shows the Earthquest billion dollar theme park as "our work." The pretty picture is all the taxpayers have to show for the 24 million spent (much of which lined the pockets of scammer Don Allen Holbrook and Chris Brown.) Disgusting!

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Contour Entertainment has not updated its Facebook page for almost 5 years. Numerous comments asking about Earthquest over the years have been completely ignored and not answered, but not removed. Contour Entertainment is long dead. Before Holbrook, Contour had done a few single attractions and set-ups for shows. All kinds of fantasy was sold to Frank McCrady and dirty EMCID board that had a great time with millions of tax dollars traveling the world and spending like ultra wealthy on our dime!


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I own and control the EarthQuest Adventures Facebook page. I added dubious consultant Don Allen Holbrook's name to the title. The mastermind should get full credit!

Don Allen Holbrook and Frank McCrady and their drunken debauchery photos are the bomb!!!

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Why pay to read Don Allen Holbrook's Worst Seller that tells the story of his shenanigans and my grisly demise, when you can get the best of Soapbox-Momster in glorious color pictures posted on the EarthQuest Facebook page that I own. The taxpayers ought to get something for the 24 million they had to pay for bupkis!

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And, don't forget the juiciest excerpts detailing Don Allen Holbrook's hilarious take on his own massive failures, lies, deceit, perversion and professional humiliation are all free on the EarthQuest Facebook page following. The taxpayers should get something for their 24 million dollars!

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The funding will never happen for either project. Thankfully, Pahrump stopped the bleeding before they were out 24 million for pretty pictures!

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Fantasy Land (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/2012-04-12/news/earthquest-green-amusement-park/all/)

A green amusement park was supposed to bring prosperity to New Caney, but so far, only a few have profited. And it still exists only on paper.

A A A Comments (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/2012-04-12/news/earthquest-green-amusement-park/all/#disqus_thread) (17) By Craig Malisow (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/authors/craig-malisow) Wednesday, Apr 11 2012

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Visitors to EarthQuest's "Land" zone will "blast from a fiery volcano" and "trek through endless deserts," according to the nonexistent park's Web site. See www.earthquestadventures.com (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.earthquestadventures.com/) for the whole shebang.

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The "Water" zone is apparently a town surrounded by water, only some of the water is salty, some is fresh and some is snow. Take that, Kemah Boardwalk!

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The "Pangea" zone features a submarine ride that lets visitors get a close look at...what the hell are those things?

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In 2005, a renowned dinosaur expert and author of children's books, together with a self-proclaimed economic development expert with a PhD from a diploma mill, sells a community development agency in the sticks north of Houston on the idea of a $50 million dinosaur-themed amusement park. In a year, the idea is expanded to a half-billion-dollar (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Canadian+Dollar), 500-acre, environmentally themed juggernaut called EarthQuest, which calls for things like a water park formed by a man-made retreating glacier; mountains; a volcano; a submarine excursion among gigantic scaly sea creatures with glowing eyes; roller coasters; a racetrack for corn-fuel-powered go-karts; and a place where kids can go to watch "hip" scientists fiddle about in a lab with giant tubes full of algae. The racetrack is framed with banners that say things like "Put the Corn in Cornering!" No, really.

The proposed site — 1,564 acres in all — is owned by a company overseen by a guy who will go on to launch a multilevel-marketing scheme in which distributors can get rich by selling tap water infused with cancer-fighting agents.

The East Montgomery County (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Montgomery+County) Improvement District issues $7.6 million in bonds to finance the project and promotes the bejesus out of it, saying the first phase should be completed by 2010. The District has no transparency or accountability, so their president and staff do things like treat themselves to $2,000 dinners at Pappas and trips to Las Vegas (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Las+Vegas). Their president, consultant, board members and some of their family members "study" theme parks in Canada and the Bahamas (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Bahamas). A few go to China for some reason.

They charge everything they can think of to their District credit cards, such as mileage on a 1/8-mile trip across the District office's parking lot. No one in the community knows. Working for the District is a major windfall. You can do whatever you want. You can tell people that EarthQuest is still on track, even though the company that owns the land — the one partially owned by the dude selling magic tap water — astonishingly goes bankrupt in 2011.

Then some uppity local newspaper called the Tribune, which thinks the public has a right to know what's being done with its tax dollars, starts investigating. The newspaper uncovers the bankruptcy and the dubious backgrounds of some of the key players. It reveals questionable connections and expenditures.

Suddenly, some residents on the east side of Montgomery County take notice. They ask questions. The president of the District disparages the newspaper reports and says they're "moving forward." The guy elevates vagueness to an art form, showing that he's worth every cent of his $97,000 salary and recent $50,000 bonus, even though EarthQuest exists only on paper.

For something touted as the only amusement park of its kind in the world, an attraction that would put AstroWorld to shame, very few people involved in the project actually want to talk about it. Some even try to distance themselves from it.

EarthQuest was supposed to bring money and jobs to a rural community, but the only people it's brought money to so far are the people who dreamed it up, and who are still trying to sell something that doesn't exist.
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In the beginning, there was an idea for a dinosaur park, and it was good.
"Dino" Don Lessem, a former science reporter for The Boston Globe (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/The+Boston+Globe), had fallen in love with dinosaurs after covering an archaeological dig in Mongolia (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Mongolia). He decided to devote his life to the creatures, eventually building and designing permanent and traveling museum exhibits; writing dozens of children's books; hosting Discovery Channel (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Discovery+Communications+Inc.) and NOVA documentaries; and advising for both the Jurassic Park (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Jurassic+Park) movie and theme park ride.

"I never had a permanent dinosaur attraction, and I thought, you know, museums do it in kind of a boring way. I wanted to make something more exciting, and on a permanent basis," Lessem tells the Houston Press from his office outside of Philadelphia. He scouted locations in the West, one of which was Lake Havasu City (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Lake+Havasu+City), Arizona, home to the London Bridge (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/London+Bridge) and a dude named Don Holbrook.

At the time, Holbrook (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Holbrook) headed the Lake Havasu City Partnership (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Lake+Havasu+City+Partnership) for Economic Development. Ultimately, the two Dons decided Lake Havasu City's older population wasn't right for a dinosaur park. Which worked out, because after the Partnership decided not to renew Holbrook's contract, Lessem hired Holbrook, who had always been excited about the dino-park, to help bring his dream to fruition.

Holbrook, according to Lessem, wrote and disseminated a request for proposal to dozens of cities across the country and got a few nibbles from small communities in Texas.

"He wrote to the State of Texas Tourism Board and said, 'You know, you want this project, you better come up with some better places.' So they put out kind of an all-points bulletin and got two communities — one outside Dallas...and East Montgomery County responding," Lessem says. He found the latter to be better organized and just as enthusiastic about the educational aspects he wanted to bring to the park.

Lessem was impressed by Holbrook's supposed credentials and didn't check references or verify Holbrook's background. From Lessem's perspective, appearance was incredibly important in the economic development industry.
"His profession is about professional bullshitting," Lessem says.
Lessem learned just how important Holbrook thought appearance was when Holbrook asked him to dress like a big shot — or Holbrook's idea of a big shot — during the wheeling-and-dealing process. In the requests for proposal, Holbrook had not disclosed Don Lessem as the creator, saying instead that someone in the "entertainment industry" was behind the project. Lessem says that Holbrook even wanted him to act the part during the wheeling and dealing.

"I remember going to a meeting with a state legislator where I was told I should dress up like a Hollywood character," Lessem recalls with a chuckle. "...I was supposed to sit in the back with, like, Armani sunglasses and a cashmere turtleneck."

Thanks in large part to Holbrook, Lessem says, the Texas Legislature passed a bill creating a special tax zone comprising the future location of the park, nearly 1,600 acres off U.S. 59 that had been owned for a century by Rice University (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Rice+University). Lessem says he was told that the property was owned outright by Dallas-based developer Marlin Atlantis, who paid for the feasibility studies and site analyses that ultimately determined that the area was ready for way more than a mere 50-acre dinosaur park. It was based in part on these reports — which the East Montgomery County Improvement District has yet to make public — that the idea for a project of EarthQuest's magnitude was born.
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Spread over more than 500 acres, EarthQuest is planned to be an experience unlike any other in the country: a theme park with elaborate areas set up for "Land," "Life," "Sky," "Pangea" and "Water." Per the EarthQuest Web site, "Attractions in each zone are introduced by a team of hip young scientists. These characters appear throughout the park, both in media and graphics, and possibly as walk-around streetmosphere players or guides presenting impromptu shows and demonstrations."

Then there's EarthWalk, a "shady street" lined with 60,000 square feet of "eco-friendly shops, restaurants and entertainment venues," and a resort hotel "surrounded by lush waterfalls, natural woods, native plants, and eco-friendly facilities."

But, based on the questionable business practices and apparent self-interest of some of the key players, the project should probably be called ClusterQuest.
Right off the bat, the biggest problem was that Marlin Atlantis didn't actually own the property. It was held by an entity called Whitestone (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Whitestone+(New+York)), created by Marlin Atlantis honchos John Marlin (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/John+Marlin) and Roscoe Frederick (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Roscoe+Frederick) "Trey" White III, which borrowed $19.6 million to purchase it.

Marlin was just getting his feet wet as a developer; White had made a name for himself by creating a successful real estate Web site that was bought by HomeStore.com (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://homestore.com/).

In 2003, White founded White Energy, a producer of ethanol. After White Energy went bankrupt in 2009, White jumped into the always respectable multilevel-marketing industry, peddling bottles of water called Evolv which supposedly contained cancer-fighting and anti-inflammatory agents.

The promotional materials for White's myriad corporations often referred to him as a billionaire, something White himself never professed, but never appeared to discourage. Although EarthQuest was going to be built on land owned by White's empire, he preferred to focus on Evolv, leaving the hands-on stuff to his partner, John Marlin.

When Lessem's idea of a nonprofit was incorporated as the EarthQuest Institute (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/EarthQuest+Institute), White sat back and let Marlin take the reins. But Marlin and Lessem clashed, as Marlin's hands-on activities allegedly included screaming in Lessem's face for no discernible reason.

When asked if Lessem felt that Marlin pressured him into resigning from the board, Lessem puts it like this: "He walks into a board meeting and says, 'I don't like the way you run the organization, you have to quit.'...I sensed a certain pressure in there, subtly...But ultimately, I felt I had to go along with it, because his support of the entire project was at that point vital." (Marlin could not be reached for comment; multiple calls to multiple extensions at Marlin Atlantis's office went straight to voice mail. The [I]Press left messages with two of Marlin's bankruptcy attorneys, as well as his wife, who for some reason was surprised to hear that no one ever answers the phone at her husband's office.)
Lessem outlined his concern in a few letters to the EarthQuest Institute board. In one he wrote, "Not one person among us has significant national or local contacts among the business and personal philanthropic communities. None of us has the right kind of board experience for leading what was chartered as an international educational effort. None of us has been able to set this organization on the right course...We all need to remember that this is an organization we SERVE, not our fiefdom to control."

Marlin clearly felt that his development company should have a major stake in the Institute, which is why he installed a Marlin Atlantis employee named Deborah Thomas (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Deborah+Thomas) as chief financial officer. Her 2009 salary was listed on federal tax returns as $140,000 for a 20-hour workweek. Lessem says board members deferred half their salaries. (When reached on the phone by the Press, Thomas referred all questions to East Montgomery County Improvement District President Frank McCrady and declined to discuss her work with the Institute. She was just one of many current and erstwhile EarthQuest players, including McCrady (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Frank+McCrady), who either didn't want to comment for this story, or didn't want to admit that they once had something to do with EarthQuest).

Lessem says of Marlin Atlantis's involvement: "It's hard to blame EMCID for trying, but not being expert enough to do their financial investigating of...a company that did a lot of bullshitting that they had the capacity to make this happen."

But it seems there was plenty of bullshitting to go around, with much of it spewed by both McCrady and his dubious consultant, Don Holbrook. With Lessem out of the picture, EarthQuest's destiny seemed to be largely in their hands.
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Because local media expressed exactly zero skepticism about McCrady's and Holbrook's royal proclamations, their lavish trips and spending sprees went unnoticed for years.

It wasn't until a reporter for the Houston Community Newspapers chain, Cynthia Calvert (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Cynthia+Calvert), left her post to launch her own paper, The Tribune, that someone actually tried to find out the real story.

Much to McCrady's dismay, Calvert broke the story earlier this year about Whitestone's bankruptcy. Things like that weren't supposed to happen. McCrady was supposed to tell the public and the media that everything was going fine, and they were supposed to smile like idiots and take him at his word, and he was supposed to take his annual cost-of-living raise, party in Vegas on the District's dime, and use the District's AmEx (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/District's+AmEx) and Visa to charge things like $1,000 for an apparent jalapeño popper-fueled orgy at a TGI Friday's (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/TGI+Friday's+Inc.) in Humble.
Calvert's reporting, and that of Tribune Editor Geoff Geiger, also uncovered public records showing that the District paid for a 12-day reconnaissance of theme parks in Canada, Orlando (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Orlando+(Florida)), the Bahamas and China for McCrady, Holbrook and their families. The District also covered a first-class flight to Tokyo and Saigon (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Saigon) for McCrady, a District board member, the District's attorney and an engineer.
Calvert also looked into Holbrook's background and came up with more questions than answers.

A self-described maverick with a fondness for portmanteaus ("thrivival" = thriving + survival), Holbrook is the kind of guy who loves to make bold, if often weird, claims, like his assertion that he "launched the first economic development Web site in the world in 1991."

He claims elsewhere to have "worked on over 100 projects representing over $1 billion...in capital investment, generating more than 50,000 jobs in his nearly 20 years in the profession." Neither Calvert nor the Press was able to find documentation to support this.

He also claims to have authored "the best selling book in the economic development industry," which is a remarkable feat for a self-published book whose sole professional review came from Kirkus Indie, a fee-for-review service for self-published authors. (Holbrook has self-published three books. Until recently, he hawked these books on the EarthQuest Institute's Web site and Facebook (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Facebook+Inc.) page.)

It would have been wonderful if Holbrook had quickly clarified some of these matters, but, after an initial phone interview, Holbrook didn't return the Press's calls. He had dismissed Calvert's work for the Tribune and was suspicious of reporters' motivations.

"You've got media that writes purely investigative reporting...and then you've got...yellow tabloid journalism," Holbrook told the Press. "And if you're referring to the Tribune, you know, they report infactual stuff that's not factual at all [sic]. And they don't seem to want to actually report the information that's factual if you do give it to them."

Holbrook seems to have had some initial success in the early-to-mid-1990s, working as the economic developer for the city of Crookston, Minnesota. However, he didn't seem to find much success after leaving Crookston. A gig as executive director of the Red Wing (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Red+Wing+Software+Inc.), Minnesota, Port Authority, was short-lived; hired in 1996, he was fired in 1998 after some of the Port Authority commissioners questioned his résumé.

Holbrook claimed to have a doctorate and MBA from LaSalle University (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/La+Salle+University), an online institution subsequently exposed as a diploma mill. While most LaSalle "students" simply wrote checks for their degrees, some poor saps actually thought they were writing term papers and theses for a legitimate university. Holbrook, who has said he wrote thousands of pages for LaSalle courses and spent years on his dissertation, appears to have fallen in the latter camp.

The Port ultimately fired Holbrook for what they believed to be fraud; Holbrook sued for breach of contract. The suit was settled out of court, with the Port paying Holbrook $160,000 to cover court costs, and the Port also issued a "letter of misunderstanding," saying Holbrook had not lied on his résumé, he just wasn't able to produce certain documents in time.

From there it was on to his short stint in Lake Havasu City, followed by an acrimonious few years as executive director of the Wayne County (Indiana) Economic Development Corporation, where he started off on the wrong foot by spending $10,000 on new office furniture, including $8,000 for a desk.
When a board member and a former Corporation staff attorney questioned these and other expenditures, Holbrook hired a lawyer to dash off letters threatening them with legal action if they didn't stop making "untrue and malicious statements."

The local paper, the Palladium-Item, followed with an editorial calling for Holbrook's ouster, saying, "Holbrook's flagrant bullying involves tactics designed to silence critics of a public official's public spending and performance. His actions follow a pattern from past employment, a pattern that stifles needed public discourse and disclosure."

It's also a pattern that would repeat with EarthQuest.
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Although he had the occasional speaking gig after leaving Indiana, Holbrook had no steady job.

But thanks to "Dino" Don Lessem and Frank McCrady, Holbrook experienced a career jump start. Now he could tell people he was an integral part of what would be a truly groundbreaking theme park. He included the EarthQuest story in one of his books and got an EarthQuest Institute board member to write the forward to another book.

He worked closely with EarthQuest designer Chris Brown (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Chris+Brown), a former Disney (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/The+Walt+Disney+Company) engineer who founded Los Angeles-based Contour Entertainment. Contour makes excellent renderings, but it's not a developer, and not all of its cool drawings come to life. Brown told the Press that, while Contour designed a large entertainment center currently under construction in Dubai (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Dubai), no *Contour-designed theme parks on the scale of EarthQuest have been completed in the last ten years. The things that have been completed include a casino in Phnom Penh (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Phnom+Penh), Cambodia (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Cambodia), and a traveling, multimedia Star Trek (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Star+Trek) exhibit, complete with flight simulator.

Holbrook and Brown sought other consulting jobs that often dovetailed with District business. During the time the duo pitched an economic study to councilmembers of a Cleveland suburb in August 2011, Holbrook used his District-issued American Express (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/American+Express+Company).

Citing their EarthQuest credentials, the two also contracted with the town of Pahrump (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Pahrump), outside Las Vegas, to provide an economic feasibility study as well as some novel ideas for attractions, including something called Think Tank!, in which people could pay around $500 to drive a tank around for a few hours. In addition to tank stuff, Think Tank! could also feature a separate area for a mortar firing range. There was also the Hot Shots golf range, where you could drink alcoholic beverages while firing Titleists (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Titleist+Golf+Products) out of a machine gun.

Holbrook apparently liked Pahrump so much, he wanted to export a little of it to east Montgomery County: The town is home to Front Sight, the largest outdoor shooting range in the country. Its owner, Ignatius Piazza (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Ignatius+Piazza), wanted to build homes and schools around the business, creating what he called the safest community in the U.S. He sold home lots for hundreds of thousands, and when the community was never built, some consumers felt they'd been ripped off. They sued Piazza in federal court, and Front Sight briefly ended up in receivership.

Recently, McCrady announced that Front Sight may soon build an indoor firing range in east Montgomery County. (Piazza would not return calls seeking confirmation.)

Back in Pahrump, the Valley Times soon picked up on Calvert's stories, causing headaches for Holbrook and McCrady. Between the Tribune and a self-appointed online scambuster named Heather Dobrott (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/Heather+Dobrott), EarthQuest was under scrutiny for the first time, and something had to be done. The final straw was probably when Dobrott posted Facebook photos of McCrady and Holbrook partying in Las Vegas with their wives and Brown; at one point the women are pictured dancing on a table.

The District called a special meeting in early March, supposedly to quash rumors and explain the latest developments.

McCrady kicked off the meeting, held at the East Montgomery County Improvement District office in New Caney, by assuring the 60 or so people in attendance that EarthQuest was still a go.

It's a slight variation on a theme McCrady's been playing for five years, the only difference being that this time McCrady acknowledges that the national recession has delayed development. For the most part, McCrady probably could have sent a slightly modified tape-recorded speech in his place, with a loop that echoed his quotes from a 2009 East Montgomery County Observer article: "The Houston market is ready" for a theme park of EarthQuest's magnitude, and that groundbreaking was expected at the end of 2009 or beginning of 2010.

McCrady's mantra for the evening was "moving forward." He said it so often that it would have made a terrific drinking game: Take a shot every time he said it. He said that residential developer D.R. Horton (https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232826/http://www.houstonpress.com/related/to/D.R.+Horton+Inc.) had already made an offer on the land held by the bankrupt Whitestone, and that he expected the judge overseeing the case to approve the sale, meaning the land might be free and clear for groundbreaking in 18 months. (D.R. Horton's spokesperson didn't return the Press's calls.)

Perhaps the highlight was when he assured the audience that while a $1,600 dinner at Chez Nous in Humble might look fun on paper, that and other expensive outings were actually high-pressure, cutthroat courtships wherein East Montgomery County was competing with communities across the country and had to do whatever it could to stand out.

At one point, he got a bit testy and suggested that, if the public thought he was spending too much money on travel and expensive meals in order to bring new business to the area, "We can sit in the office and wait for someone to walk in the door."

The thing is, EarthQuest would likely be in the same place — i.e., no place — if McCrady had just sat in the office.
McCrady gave no specifics or assurances, something that appears to have been deliberate. To wit, when one resident stood up and asked to confirm that McCrady had said he assured a groundbreaking in 18 months, McCrady was quick to correct.

"I didn't say, 'I assure,'" he said. "I said, 'We're going to continue to move forward.'"
There it is. Take a shot.

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