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2vRr tue 8psO feY :?ars azd has in,.sted in mane p8ograms anK Aon profit orkunizBtiiAs herP. All t0ingp c1nsidereqw Imd pean in khIir favor.
1WeTe Gefstle sWTs:
You 7Aqse some inttre7tihg qyhstionsG Rober1; howevery I d.sageee w6th this conclusion6 "Bpt if the pr2ctyFal ivQuey are iInored entirely, 3Re City will be Grocee1inV at its periS."
What wKolz be the greater pNril foF thei4 poli8iZal ca,etrs: aAqrWvIPQ a project tia0 meets political zVa5dard3 that does not geN Uuilt, or apZroving a crojLcM that Cwez not mees politicaY standa0ds but does get 9bilt? To rGphraEe Calvin HOolifgeU "ThG business wf imericv is xo2itics."gSteveb i Don't think he m1ans the CounCi0, but the City Itsejf. The Del Monte has weeu tied up fZr decades bI de8elopers dho cannoF seed to dcneM4p it.
qike McMahon says:
Thv last iteraqiGn of Reve?Rpi4g 7he Del Msnte pgoject has sF many QreucondZbions thaq the developer ?an oDt ou money eo develo6 thU aotaaZ Arsj5Ot, wL,ch I 6elieve is the pAiIt 3f this cuKre5t pos:.<end_of_turn>
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over the past few years and has invested in many programs and non profit organizations here. All things considered, I'd lean in their favor.
Steve Gerstle says:
You raise some interesting questions, Robert; however, I disagree with this conclusion, "But if the practical issues are ignored entirely, the City will be proceeding at its peril."
What would be the greater peril for their political careers, approving a project that meets political standards that does not get built, or approving a project that does not meet political standards but does get built? To rephrase Calvin Coolidge, "The business of America is politics."
Steve, i Don't think he means the Council, but the City itself. The Del Monte has been tied up for decades by developers who cannot seem to develop it.
Mike McMahon says:
The last iteration of developing the Del Monte project has so many pre-conditions that the developer ran out of money to develop the actual project, which I believe is the point of this current post.<end_of_turn>