OK, these are additional thoughts based on my post from yesterday.
First, let me say that some folks will probably think I'm being paranoid, and others will probably think I'm being very logical.
1. Both last August's CID presentation and the one the previous year went directly to the council without going to a committee first.
2. Why???
3. With regards to last August, would it be possible that certain individuals in the city knew about the pending sale? Then if it went to a committee, by the time it got to the full council the sale would have been finalized and the process would have had to start over?
4. That's another reason to terminate the current CID and let the new ownership reapply.
5. If they have the ability to arrange financing for $2.8 million why not arrange the entire $4.2 million and not put it on the residents of the city? Especially when the primary merchant is a grocery store and the area is not exactly the highest per capita income area of the city.
6. Urge your council member not to approve an extension of the CID time frame but to terminate it as not complying with the original provisions.
7. Was there complete transparency on this issue? I don't think so.
