Seems to me the city could secure 20 year leases for the new
developments to go on Nicollet and Lake Street, and use the leases to secure
bond issue to do the project. I recall that Cub foods wants to go in there,
and I suppose KMart, -since they have stayed amidst bankruptcy, probably
would come back in, if not Walmart would do well, and smaller shops and
cafes, -more fast foods- too could be attracted in at shorter leases. The
whole project could be oriented some to the Asian, Latino and Somalie
populace in the area.
The whole deal could be arranged securely so that the revenue
pays the costs and contributes to the city also.
The city system seems just too overbloated -with too much
personal and high pay- to function in all these problem scenarios. I have
seen it where typicals get 'important' jobs with good pay and they become
too 'important' to take their calls, talk to people, and really work with
such tasks before the city. I have seen them walking around with their
noses up trying to look important, -avoiding talking to people. Of course
they don't know much anyway and probably just don't want to disgrace
themselves by saying something.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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