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- (1980-1986) Signer Builds New Facility, Opens Fremont’s First Buick Dealership, Becomes Top Performer
- (1987-1992) Cadillac Franchise Pursuit; Signer Co-Develops Fremont Auto Mall & Buys Pontiac-GMC: GM Disapproves Both.
- (1992-1995) GM Strong-Arms Signer to Newark; Signer Builds There Under Pressure, Forfeits Fremont Auto Mall
- (1995-1996) GM Asks Signer to Trade Buick for Doomed Olds Franchise
- (1999-2000) The Rise and Fall of GM Retail Holdings; GM Appoints 3rd Pontiac-Olds-GMC Dealer
- (1999-2002) A Brief Period of Relative Peace; GM Closes Oldsmobile Division
- (2003-2004) Signer Seeks Pontiac-GMC; GM Refuses to Support
- (2005) GM Warranty Audit; 1st IRS Audit
- (2006-2007) Signer Proposes Amicable Resolution, GM Rejects; Signer Files Suit
- (2006) Gentry Reveals GM’s Fremont Auto Mall Plan to Signer, Urges Signer to Sell
- (2006) GM/GMAC Defamatory Act and Audit/Financial Information Sharing Scheme
- (2007-2008) GM Buys Fremont Auto Mall Property; City Council Chastises GM About Signer Treatment; 2nd IRS Audit
- (2008-2009) Fremont Pontiac-GMC Closes; Signer Requests Pontiac-GMC, GM Denies.
- (2009-2010) GM Files BK & Terminates Signer, Offers Sham “Opportunity”; Dosanjh Gets Signer Franchises
- (2009-2012) Miscellaneous
- (2009) Judge Grants GM Summary Judgment, Denies Signer Right To Trial
- (1997-1998) GM Steals Pontiac-Olds-GMC in Newark, Plots Signer Exit; Signer Requests Pontiac-Olds-GMC, GM Rejects
- (2004-2005) GM Secretly Pursues Fremont Auto Mall, Plots Signer Exit Inducement Scheme
- Expanded Details – IRS Audits and Ramifications; FBI Involvement
- (2005) First IRS Audit
- (2007-2008) Second IRS Audit
- (2009a-2011) IRS Admits 2008 Audit Tax Was Wrong, Refunds Signer $121,639 With Interest
- (2009b-2011) California Assesses $34,000 Tax & Interest Based On IRS Audit, Then Reverses
- (2009c-2011) IRS Withholds $29,101 Refund Due on 2008 Form 1045, Then Pays
- (2010-2011) U. S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Office Commits Cover-Up of Signer Allegations
- (2010) Signer Reports Alleged GM/IRS Collusion to U. S. Treasury
- (2011-2012) Signer Reports TIGTA Cover-Up to FBI; FBI Rejects in Another Apparent Cover-up
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- Expanded Details – Chronological
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- Dealership History
- Expanded Details – Chronological
- (1980-1986) Signer Builds New Facility, Opens Fremont’s First Buick Dealership, Becomes Top Performer
- (1987-1992) Cadillac Franchise Pursuit; Signer Co-Develops Fremont Auto Mall & Buys Pontiac-GMC: GM Disapproves Both.
- (1992-1995) GM Strong-Arms Signer to Newark; Signer Builds There Under Pressure, Forfeits Fremont Auto Mall
- (1995-1996) GM Asks Signer to Trade Buick for Doomed Olds Franchise
- (1997-1998) GM Steals Pontiac-Olds-GMC in Newark, Plots Signer Exit; Signer Requests Pontiac-Olds-GMC, GM Rejects
- (1999-2000) The Rise and Fall of GM Retail Holdings; GM Appoints 3rd Pontiac-Olds-GMC Dealer
- (1999-2002) A Brief Period of Relative Peace; GM Closes Oldsmobile Division
- (2003-2004) Signer Seeks Pontiac-GMC; GM Refuses to Support
- (2004-2005) GM Secretly Pursues Fremont Auto Mall, Plots Signer Exit Inducement Scheme
- (2005) GM Warranty Audit; 1st IRS Audit
- (2006-2007) Signer Proposes Amicable Resolution, GM Rejects; Signer Files Suit
- (2006) Gentry Reveals GM’s Fremont Auto Mall Plan to Signer, Urges Signer to Sell
- (2006) GM/GMAC Defamatory Act and Audit/Financial Information Sharing Scheme
- (2007-2008) GM Buys Fremont Auto Mall Property; City Council Chastises GM About Signer Treatment; 2nd IRS Audit
- (2008-2009) Fremont Pontiac-GMC Closes; Signer Requests Pontiac-GMC, GM Denies.
- (2009-2010) GM Files BK & Terminates Signer, Offers Sham “Opportunity”; Dosanjh Gets Signer Franchises
- (2009-2012) Miscellaneous
- (2009) Judge Grants GM Summary Judgment, Denies Signer Right To Trial
- Expanded Details – IRS Audits and Ramifications; FBI Involvement
- (2005) First IRS Audit
- (2007-2008) Second IRS Audit
- (2009a-2011) IRS Admits 2008 Audit Tax Was Wrong, Refunds Signer $121,639 With Interest
- (2009b-2011) California Assesses $34,000 Tax & Interest Based On IRS Audit, Then Reverses
- (2009c-2011) IRS Withholds $29,101 Refund Due on 2008 Form 1045, Then Pays
- (2010-2011) U. S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Office Commits Cover-Up of Signer Allegations
- (2010) Signer Reports Alleged GM/IRS Collusion to U. S. Treasury
- (2011-2012) Signer Reports TIGTA Cover-Up to FBI; FBI Rejects in Another Apparent Cover-up
- Expanded Details – Misc.
- Expanded Details – Chronological
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