AEmerson comment-6338 2009-04-17T20:03:19Z 2009-04-17T20:03:19Z do you have a policy involving disclosure in instances where individuals write pieces about institutions or establishments they work for? AEmerson 2009-04-17T20:03:19Z AEmerson comment-6196 2009-04-15T18:48:26Z 2009-04-15T18:48:26Z apparently, you don't like to think outside your own little neighborhood dale. a brief google search on your name turns up a news story where you are quoted opposing Old Soul's aquisition of a liquor license which i find interesting given your current support of a nightclub on k street using the tva to support your argument. in short this piece you wrote is fine as long as it is represented as an opinion piece and not a news story. you can call it narrow logic but i still don't believe you have any other examples to cite because if you did they would not only fit your argument nicely they would have also been of interest to the community. AEmerson 2009-04-15T18:48:26Z AEmerson comment-6180 2009-04-15T06:04:42Z 2009-04-15T06:04:42Z i get your point dale i just think it's weak but if you'd rather suggest i don't understand than that's okay too. out of curiosity, do you have any examples of similar development projects in other cities built around a similar deal that were or weren't successful? i suppose bottom line i feel like this piece was slanted and poorly researched. AEmerson 2009-04-15T06:04:42Z AEmerson comment-6100 2009-04-14T17:29:45Z 2009-04-14T17:29:45Z i'm pretty new to these forums but have noticed that mr. galt is not... just out curiosity has anyone else recognized the atlas shrugged reference already? once you make that connection galt's ravings make a little more sense. the individual over all hey john? AEmerson 2009-04-14T17:29:45Z AEmerson comment-6086 2009-04-14T06:27:54Z 2009-04-14T06:27:54Z you're so angry it's hard to take you seriously john. i think if you cooled down for a minute you'd realize that you're arguing with people who aren't necessarily disagreeing with you. except for the liberal thing. that makes no sense. i don't know of many liberals who are pro-development. or pro city government giving money to developers. quite the opposite actually. okay, let's see what part of that you start yelling and cussing about this time... AEmerson 2009-04-14T06:27:54Z AEmerson comment-6078 2009-04-14T05:10:17Z 2009-04-14T05:10:17Z i am quite familiar with the tva dale and i still think it's a stretch. risk and investment are about the only thing the two have in common. the tva was a wide sweeping assistance program which provided irrigation, flood control and electricity, amongst many other things to a huge group of people during one of the worst economic times in our nation's history. i don't think i'm wrong in suggesting that the scope of the tva doesn't quite match up with the ambition of a nightclub project on k street. i think you would have been more successful had you found some examples of redevelopment projects comparable to what taylor has proposed which payed off for the region they serve. AEmerson 2009-04-14T05:10:17Z AEmerson comment-6072 2009-04-14T02:38:39Z 2009-04-14T02:38:39Z i'm not f*$&ing kidding you john galt. your scalding diatribe is correct though, it is the city we should be pissed at not taylor. doesn't change the fact that it's a done deal. even if this project gets voted down taylor can and will propose something else. it would be nice if through community activism he could be encouraged to do something better than what is proposed although we shall see. as for the most corrupt mayor we have ever had... i think you're selling kj short. AEmerson 2009-04-14T02:38:39Z AEmerson comment-6052 2009-04-13T22:10:54Z 2009-04-13T22:10:54Z This piece is built upon a pretty shaky premise. Regardless of who is pro or con, Taylor struck his deal and this is his money to use in the development of his choosing whether tax payers agree or disagree. Whatever side you stand on Kooyman's argument doesn't really make any sense, however, and builds a good part of it's point around a strange comparison. The TVA brought much needed, practical assistance to struggling farmers during the depression. To compare that program with a mermaid bar and pizza joint is just downright silly, especially whilst dismissing the construction of a public market in the same breath. A public market though also risky could serve a much larger audience throughout the day and evening as opposed to a nightclub which will be gambling on drawing folks to a stretch of Sacramento that has a poor track record of attracting visitors after dark. AEmerson 2009-04-13T22:10:54Z