I appreciate Mr. Minn's challenge to my post about the huge tax subsidy for
50th and France. I also don't have a problem with TIF being used in good
neighborhoods. However, I would have some very specific conditions,
including public space, that this project wouldn't have met. However, I
think
My reasons for trying to contact Brian Herron are not the same as Karen
Forbes' reasons. I live in the Bancroft neighborhood, not Central. I can
certainly appreciate that Central neighborhood concerns could be time
consuming, and since I don't live very far from Central, I believe that
positive
The people on my block never report lack of return calls. They get answers,
though not always from Herron personally. Sometimes they come from his
assistant or his aide. The last study of the Ward 8 office, done by Vernon
Wetternach, I think, showed that the ward gets at least 160 calls a
The times that I called, the person who answered the phone said that Herron
would call me back. He didn't. The past couple times, I told the phone
person my concern and hoped that he got the message. Maybe I should ask
for Connie Kiser or Vickie Brock, or write to them or send them email. At
