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"The unfairness of it all and the lack of a relatively even playing field just sat in his craw." Second of two parts The consensus was that Tom Cousins was either crooked or crazy.The former opinion was held by residents of the gritty East Lake Meadows housing project who didn't believe him when he said he wanted to tear down East Lake and erect a mixed-income apartment complex in its place. The latter opinion was held by observers who did.The residents thought it was just a land grab. They thought Cousins, a wealthy developer and philanthropist, was lying when he said they would be able to move back into nice apartments at subsidized rates and that the drug gangs that had held East Lake in thrall would be banished. Read more