> We build 'em a friggin' Convention Center, and they say > that's enough to get > tourists. We build 'em a bigger Convention Center, they say > that's enough. Don't forget that we also beat, pepper spray, and shoot projectiles at anyone who tries to protest 'em. And spend 1.15 million in the process. > A $1.5 million fund to subsidize Convention Center rents? If > even a penny of > that comes from city taxpayers - and it looks like $750,000 > could come out > of taxpayers' hides even if a one-percent hotel tax is > approved - it's an > outrage! > David Brauer > King Field - Ward 10 It might make _some_ sense if unemployment was a huge problem. As it is, a person has to wonder who some of those people in the big red building are actually working for. Am I really the only one who wonders that, or just the only one undiplomatic enough to put it into words? I sure do hope Dore Mead writes a tell-all memoir. Rosalind Nelson Bancroft
