The ED Wayback Machine, Part II: This economic development stuff is easy!
See? All it takes to make a multi-billion dollar global corporation do something it had previously thought was not in its interest is to throw just around $300,000 per year at them. And Cingular is big! They will always be here!
What a deal, indeed!
This economic development stuff is easy! We should do more of it!
(Note: In keeping with standard Well practice of not using anyone's names unless we just have to we will be blanking out the names of the authors of these letters. We do this for several reasons. One, Google is forever and while the issues at hand will always resurface from time to time there is no need to have anyone's actual name bubbling up through search engine results from now until forever. Two, we have a "No Hounding" rule here at The Well which states that once someone is out of the news for a period of time they are to be left alone. These letters were written almost ten years ago and none of the authors envisioned them re-surfacing stamped with their names. Further, we don't want this to be a personal gotcha to the authors. The content of the letters is what is important and this is why: 50% of all of these kinds of Letters to the Editors are written by the campaign itself and then a signatory is found for them. 40% are actually written by the signatory but depend heavily on direct information from the campaign. So reading these letters is the best way to get a feel for what the "official" proponents believed (or at least told others) the economic development sales tax would achieve.)
RELATED:
- Part I: If we don't pass this tax, then the Terrorists will have won!
- Part II: This economic development stuff is easy!
- Part III: We will use this money to diversify the economy. Except when we don't.
- Part IV: Government bailouts? No problem!
- Part V: Naysayers! They have no vision!"
- Part VI: That Free Market thing? That's like sooooo Reagan. We're smarter than that now.
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That said ;
Paying money to a business to set up shop on your street corner is like paying a 20 year old hooker to marry your ugly and stupid fifty year old son . How do ya think that's gonna work out for ya ?
Good luck....( Oh ! The campaign, back then, was about "Everybody's doing it and if we don't we'll be left behind to wither and die and watch our grand children suffer cruel deaths while being told their suffering was directly responsible from granpas actions !
I have been against this MDC from the gitgo and the feeling that some are remorseful has givin me a whole new attitude of life !
You may not hear me say this often..but here goes..
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There are provisions in the Act to repeal 4A/4B boards. The City Council can call for an election to abolish or modify the MDC, or it can be called by petition of the voters.
It is illegal for the MDC to do any electioneering, if they did they would wind up in jail.
Os , when was the last time the city council repealed anything the previous city council voted into law?
I'm sure it must have happened a TON of times ( knowing the responsibility of the city fathers
and mothers////..let me go with City M'fers so I don't have such a large carbon f'step..I AM SO
kool !)
I just KNOW in my heart of hearts that the city will disband the MDC and throw a few people out of work and cause us to lose points in the MRT JOB MARATHON!
Point being , I am sure our City M'fers have seen the light!
Fear not for the people let go by the city's decision as they will rise from the ashes like the PHOENIX... as consultants .
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Do you think it would be possible to have an election to sunset the MDC, and as part of the event, prohibit the MDC from using tax monies to electioneer?