It is bodacious. An affront to common sense. An insult to residents, taxpayers and voters. And absolutely predictable.
The mere residents have known for some time now that this city is of, by and for businesses and developers so this next step in handing the keys to the kingdom to monied interests comes as no surprise.
But it raises some interesting questions.
Who knew? What did they know? When did they know it?
It is no stretch to conclude that what has happened is actually according to plan. Plan by the real power behind the citihood movement. By those who rallied the troops. Got out the vote. Benefited from the outcome. Key individuals worked together, worked with outsiders and worked to the benefit of the few at the expense of the many. The worked closely, in an orchestrated fashion, yet none dare call it conspiracy. But look at the outcome.
And many of these folk have not and never will go away. Like that cold sore that just keeps coming back we now have a shaker-mover on a newly formed Urban Renewal bureaucracy at city hall. When did he discover that we were so urban, have been for so long we're up for renewal and are so fond of our urbanity that we'll gladly write the check? Is this a city for the citizens or a subscription to corporate welfare's version of Garden & Gun? There is one striking similarity: what is going on in this city will leave you sobbing just as hard as the "Good Dog" column.
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