There are still people that believe Mr. Gillen is "saving" downtown. They take credit for putting buildings in empty lots that they created, and people are impressed. I think part of the problem is that they don't teach civics any more and people today don't know the difference between public and private, or the limits of government, either. Usually, though, the supporters who are most critical of anyone who opposes them, they turn out to have a finger in the pie somewhere.
There are decent places to live without a 'downtown', but where are the 'downtowns' without a surrounding decent community? They think they are going to solve that by building a new community, i.e. that cheap, ugly, "luxury" place down on Barrett Street with the overhead garage doors on the street and the exposed service areas of the surrounding buildings. Do the cars parked on the sidewalk add to the ambience, and do they even belong to any occupants?
You know, when I was much younger I was more supportive of this kind of thing too, because I figured that the grownups knew what they were doing and had it nailed. |
He's worse than Boss Tweed. At least Boss Tweed built some impressive public buildings. What have these idiots built for the people? Another socialistic gin mill with your tax dollars. Money that should be going
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