Metro on Convention Center Hotel: We're with Wheeler
Even the bobbleheads on the Metro council are telling Mayor Creepy and Mr. Edlen that their rush job on the zombie hotel project is going nowhere fast. [Via WW.]
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Comments (9)
Let's be realistic here:
Before they build that hotel,
"17 Magazine" will name Sam Adams, "Mentor of the Year."
Posted by Bill McDonald | April 30, 2009 12:20 AM
HAHAH I heard Sam was going to ask the Design Review commission to increase the size of ADA Bathrooms.
Posted by Brian | April 30, 2009 6:13 AM
Is it just me, or is it only in this deep economic malaise that we are seeing all these different agencies call to "work together"? I don't recall seeing to many communications like this when times were flush. Comes across to me as a scramble for dollars.
On another note, that might be the 7 most-illegible signatures I've even seen on one document. lol
Posted by Larry K | April 30, 2009 8:22 AM
This looks like a slick way to delay and see how the recall of Creepy unfolds.
One thing is for sure when agencies like Metro are involved.
Their real objectives and motivations are never clear.
Posted by Ben | April 30, 2009 8:34 AM
Let us, please, not underestimate wHizzoner. Notice how deftly he has moved the debate from whether to build a new minor-league baseball stadium to where to build it.
Posted by Allan L. | April 30, 2009 9:23 AM
Also note that Sammy has also moved the debate from WHETHER to use taxpayer money to build the Convention Hotel to WHEN we should proceed.
With Gov Kulo yesterday saying the Columbia Bridge shouldn't be about Design, contrary to Sammy's position and now the Metro Council's position on the Hotel, maybe they know exactly where Kroger is headed on the "investigation" of Sammy.
Posted by lw | April 30, 2009 10:10 AM
Translation: No, Mayor Adams, we aren't going to roll over and let you use this as a way to pay off political allies prior to the recall effort.
Posted by jj | April 30, 2009 10:31 AM
"we support the County's request to wait until individual jurisdictions budget processes are complete before jointly tackling hotel-related issues"
I'm telling you this thing will not die - Not as long as Edlen and Ashforth have their hand up Sam's back.
Posted by Steve | April 30, 2009 1:02 PM
Go, Ted.
I trust that Ted has taken on mentoring Sammy, if only in a metaphorical fashion.
Posted by godfry | April 30, 2009 4:04 PM