errrrrr….understandably you may be reconsidering your ill-informed comment now. As stated previously, he was not recently, and was not ever, Ghandi or Mother Teresa but more like a masshup of Henry Ford and Timothy Leary. And this has nothing to do with “rubbing some people in the wrong way.” He regarded people as a puzzling oddity, as little figurines to watch, observe, manipulate because they were like dolls to him, and play social engineering games with, both with his company and downtown project
]]>Apparently Tony liked to party, was eccentric, and had offbeat ideas. Perhaps that is the “dark side” you mention… I have not read the book by Aimee Groth, but I did read the tribute to Tony she wrote in Quartz Magazine after he died, he was a very well loved man… I am pretty sure Mother Teresa and Mahatma Ghandi had detractors, nobody goes through life without rubbing some people in the wrong way…
]]>In the past, Vital Vegas has been journalistically responsible in terms of looking for better-rounded truth about things, and has not entirely shied away from acknowledging what many people know in terms of Tony having impactful personal struggles etc. So, perhaps others in journalism will also look to tell a fuller story.
]]>Agree, and reading that book now. So much of this story hasn’t been told widely. Maybe it will be now. Not by Vegas media, of course, but maybe others.
]]>Haas students responded very strongly to both Tony’s story and his values.
The world has lost a major force-a wonderful teacher, a master of innovation–the world is now a smaller place. May his memory be a blessing! May those who learned from Tony find a way to carry on in manifesting his unique leadership vision in many communities.
“A prince has fallen in Jerusalem.”
Blessings and love
Mark Rittenberg