As we resume the generally fruitless daily search for a solitary scrap of honor among the city council’s Gang of (Obstructionist) Four, their weekly attacks on the very notion of New Albany's future tense long having passed from amusingly undereducated blather to pathetically non-civic minded hooliganism, and as Dan Coffey unfurls his next plan to gut economic development in his own district, pausing only to gulp barbecued bologna while his Siamese Councilman cohort Li’l Stevie strums 70’s tunes amidst the ruins of Scribner Place … Louisville is having its own debate on the merits of progress vs. regress, in this instance with respect to the construction of a downtown arena.
Courier-Journal sports columnist Rick Bozich plunges straight to the heart of the matter with his column of Tuesday, June 21.
Here’s an excerpt designed to strike metaphorical chords among close observers of the life and times of New Albany:
“This is an opportunity to do something for a younger generation of Louisvillians who are hungry to look beyond the tenacious proponents of the status quo. This isn't simply about what is best for the University of Louisville. It is about what we want the sports landscape to look like in 10, 20, 30 years.”
And this:
“Robert Smith is from a different generation … he is 68 and retired from General Electric. But he understands what the younger generation is thinking.
“How could that be?
“Because he and his wife have raised six daughters. Not one has remained in Louisville. Not one.
“Four have left for other states because of better opportunities and lifestyles. More things to do.”
Young people have their day in arena debate, by Rick Bozich (limited shelf life on C-J links, so read it now).
J. Bruce Miller is back in the news today, reporting that he has been contacted by a group interested in exploring an NBA franchise move.
ReplyDeleteJeffersonville gets it:
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The quotes from Ellis and Waiz at the end of this Evening News article are particularly interesting.
Building Scribner Place and sewer repair are not mutually exclusive. It makes no sense whatsoever to pretend that they are just to use sewer problems in a few areas of the city to argue against the only serious effort this city has made in decades to redevelop its downtown.
ReplyDeleteNo one has suggested that Scribner Place is a mecca except you and a few other naysayers who have yet to provide one shred of evidence the Y will fail or to even provide a constructive alternative . What it is is a way for the city to expend a precious little amount of resources to attract a much larger private investment.
But you're right. I too think that our Mayor should show a much more dominant independent streak, concentrate even more on downtown and riverfront redevelopment and micromanage everything much to the chagrin of critics- just like Waiz has done in Jeffersonville. Good suggestion.
Why is it that they're mutually exclusive?
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that I know a lot of people in New Albany who have no sewer or drainage issues?
Why is it that we didn't hear anything from anyone about the method of finance until they'd resigned themselves to the fact that Scribner Place was going to happen?
Why is it that you continue to refer to Scribner Place in derogatory terms when you actually support it?
Your spelling and typing skills are your problem, not mine. I've never corrected anyone's spelling.
There've been far too many logical fallacies, outright lies, and utterly indecipherable gibberish from far too many people to worry about spelling.