Comments on: Local: Museum projections do not add up http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2009/01/11/local-museum-projections-do-not-add-up/ News and Media from River City Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:35:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Davy http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2009/01/11/local-museum-projections-do-not-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11203 Davy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:35:37 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=4160#comment-11203 It would be beautiful, wonderful if it had a chance, tovarich. Trouble is, look at all the other fine edifices that Create Jobs and Lose Money. When was the last time anyone saw traffic backed up on the road, waiting to get into Lakeview or Wheels 'o Time? Yeah, I know, JS editorial writers, I'm nothing more than a short-sighted naysayer, and where would we be without "our" fine civic center to support? Nationally, we are in very deep trouble, with a debt that may well bring down the country. All we here are, is a microcosm. It would be beautiful, wonderful if it had a chance, tovarich. Trouble is, look at all the other fine edifices that Create Jobs and Lose Money. When was the last time anyone saw traffic backed up on the road, waiting to get into Lakeview or Wheels ‘o Time? Yeah, I know, JS editorial writers, I’m nothing more than a short-sighted naysayer, and where would we be without “our” fine civic center to support? Nationally, we are in very deep trouble, with a debt that may well bring down the country. All we here are, is a microcosm.

]]> By: Mahkno http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2009/01/11/local-museum-projections-do-not-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11197 Mahkno Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:50 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=4160#comment-11197 "all the city council members who voted in favor of the project were voted out of office in the next election. " The residents of Bloomington have one up on us in this issue. “all the city council members who voted in favor of the project were voted out of office in the next election. ”

The residents of Bloomington have one up on us in this issue.

]]> By: Super J http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2009/01/11/local-museum-projections-do-not-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11194 Super J Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:54:16 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=4160#comment-11194 anotherexjser: Even with "immediate, massive, organized resistance," In Bloomington, there was "massive, organized" resistance against the US Cellular Coliseum project, to the point where the anti-coliseum crowd managed to get a referendum on the election ballot. The public responded in-kind, voting 70% AGAINST the project. And then... it got built anyway. And then... all the city council members who voted in favor of the project were voted out of office in the next election. And then... three years passed and the project is STILL swimming in red ink, despite all the spin doctoring and number shifting that the facility's management and the city council engage in. These people don't care about you, your money, or anything other than building their precious monument to themselves. They simply see the public as a nuisance, a pesky fly buzzing around their heads to be swatted away with TIF districts, sales tax increases and fees on basic services. BLOCK THE BLOCK! anotherexjser: Even with “immediate, massive, organized resistance,”

In Bloomington, there was “massive, organized” resistance against the US Cellular Coliseum project, to the point where the anti-coliseum crowd managed to get a referendum on the election ballot. The public responded in-kind, voting 70% AGAINST the project.

And then… it got built anyway. And then… all the city council members who voted in favor of the project were voted out of office in the next election. And then… three years passed and the project is STILL swimming in red ink, despite all the spin doctoring and number shifting that the facility’s management and the city council engage in.

These people don’t care about you, your money, or anything other than building their precious monument to themselves. They simply see the public as a nuisance, a pesky fly buzzing around their heads to be swatted away with TIF districts, sales tax increases and fees on basic services.

BLOCK THE BLOCK!

]]> By: Mahkno http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2009/01/11/local-museum-projections-do-not-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11192 Mahkno Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:26:05 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=4160#comment-11192 Block the Block. Block the Block.

]]> By: anotherexjser http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2009/01/11/local-museum-projections-do-not-add-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11190 anotherexjser Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:27:17 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=4160#comment-11190 It's all so predictable, isn't it? The only way to stop it is immediate, massive, organized resistance. It’s all so predictable, isn’t it? The only way to stop it is immediate, massive, organized resistance.

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