Monday, September 28, 2009
Barry / Politics At Last: Some Organized Music City Center Skepticism
Posted by Bruce Barry on Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM
A story in this morning's Tennessean quoted Music City Center Coalition chair Ron Samuels taking the absurdist position that priorities have nothing to do with this billion dollar project. The newly formed group is misguided because "they think there's a priority issue here with resources to be allocated," said Samuels, who added that "this isn't about whether to do this or something else." Samuels is technically correct that funding mechanisms geared specifically toward building this thing are legally in place, but it borders on delusional to assert that different public policy strategies would not have been able to channel civic, fiscal and legislative energy in different directions.
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What role is Gaylord playing in this group?
Probably the kind of role that Eagle Forum plays for Karl Dean in attempting to unseat Emily Evans for asking some critical questions about his convention center.
Dave Cooley is following the playbook on this project. Pick out a corporation from the herd of opponents and work hard to demonize them instead of allowing truthful examination of the industry to rear its head in the minds of the busy general electorate.
A busy mother of three more than likely will not know that a 30,000 new job promise is absurd, but she will remember that Gaylord closed Opryland.
Cooley is just getting started. The Mayors office will work with this assistance and try to force Gaylord back to the sidelines like they did with the hush money from a couple of years ago.
It looks like other hotel owners in Nashville are apparently speaking out now. We have all been led to believe that all hotel/motel owners are for the higher taxation of their customers. That was a hard to fathom idea as well.
Relationship to Gaylord? Let's see...
Lawyer Lew Conner's (and good friend of Colin Reed)son-in-law is heading up the effort along with former Gaylord area metro councilman J.B. Loring, for starters.
Gaylord has also stated that they are not opposed to the convention center project, but has concerns over the hotel project. Well, this initiative clearly targets the entire master plan.
It's the usual "last minute push" by opponents on a topic that has been aired for 10 years or more.
It's good to know everything about who is leading this effort, and why.
It does not mean that the information they present isn't meaningful or is inaccurate.
Knowing the motivation allows us to question their side like we question the propaganda from the pro-center people.
I'm glad to see someone rise up against this boondoggle. The debate will play out and, hopefully, citizens will make their views known.
"last minute push?"
There's not even funding -- or even a bill to propose funding -- for this thing yet.
And so what if it's been aired for 10 years? Can you think of anything that may have changed the game in the last 12 months or so?
The MCC projections do not take into account the worst economy in 80 years -- isn't that worth another look?
The "Nashville Priorities" group is well within their right to ask for more time, but since Metro has already spent $80,000,000, asking for another 6 months will cost nearly $27,000,000 by my math. Enough is enough, we need real opposition, not just skeptics. I think most people are skeptics (does anyone actually believe this will come in on time and on budget?). Sign the petition against this project and let’s focus our energy on something more financially sound: http://www.gopetition.com/online/31073.html
Cofirmed, this "organized opposition" is a Gaylord front.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091001/NEWS02/91001037/Gaylord+gave++8+500+to+convention+center+skeptics++group
I respect and agree with some of BB's convention center criticisms, but come on, it hurts the legitimacy of those criticisms when it seems like you are lining up with Gaylord.
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