Comments on: Response to Paul from DBTC on WTCC2 http://halifaxpolitics.ca/2010/07/15/response-to-paul-from-dbtc-on-wtcc2/ Writing about political skulduggery since 2005. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: A look back at 2010 | Halifax Politics dot ca http://halifaxpolitics.ca/2010/07/15/response-to-paul-from-dbtc-on-wtcc2/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 A look back at 2010 | Halifax Politics dot ca Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:23:19 +0000 http://halifaxpolitics.ca/?p=641#comment-1070 [...] accountability around the decision give a private developer $160 million (ish). I wrote about the issues with it in July, wrote about it again in October and [...] [...] accountability around the decision give a private developer $160 million (ish). I wrote about the issues with it in July, wrote about it again in October and [...]

]]> By: DowntownPaul http://halifaxpolitics.ca/2010/07/15/response-to-paul-from-dbtc-on-wtcc2/comment-page-1/#comment-809 DowntownPaul Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:14 +0000 http://halifaxpolitics.ca/?p=641#comment-809 Waye , your comments to my blog are up (www.downtownhalifax.ca). I don't think we particularly disagree at all. I never painted anyone who opposes WTCC II as being a smalltown hick (hey, I am a smalltown hick, originally!). People do have legitimate reasons to oppose this particular development, whether it's because of height, compatability, need, or aversion to P3 projects. What I question are those who seem to oppose anything at all ever happening in downtown Halifax, and assuming we will naturally return to our post-WWII vibrance. We need to be proactive in reinvesting in downtown Halifax. I also question how people get so worked up about $100 million in investment that we KNOW will have some direct economic benefit, while at the same time ignoring the tens of million we continue to pump into sprawl that generates less taxes than it costs to service. I also don't get why people think there is some sort of provincial conspiracy to ram a convention centre down our throats against all economic sense. Surely, we have some faith that the provincial bureacrats and politicians want to make a good business decision here. Is there a better way to invest in downtown? Maybe, but I have not seen the plan. I coninue to think that the CC is the FIRST thing we need to do, given that it has some provincial (and Federal) attention. Waye , your comments to my blog are up (www.downtownhalifax.ca). I don’t think we particularly disagree at all. I never painted anyone who opposes WTCC II as being a smalltown hick (hey, I am a smalltown hick, originally!). People do have legitimate reasons to oppose this particular development, whether it’s because of height, compatability, need, or aversion to P3 projects. What I question are those who seem to oppose anything at all ever happening in downtown Halifax, and assuming we will naturally return to our post-WWII vibrance. We need to be proactive in reinvesting in downtown Halifax. I also question how people get so worked up about $100 million in investment that we KNOW will have some direct economic benefit, while at the same time ignoring the tens of million we continue to pump into sprawl that generates less taxes than it costs to service.

I also don’t get why people think there is some sort of provincial conspiracy to ram a convention centre down our throats against all economic sense. Surely, we have some faith that the provincial bureacrats and politicians want to make a good business decision here.

Is there a better way to invest in downtown? Maybe, but I have not seen the plan. I coninue to think that the CC is the FIRST thing we need to do, given that it has some provincial (and Federal) attention.

]]> By: DowntownPaul http://halifaxpolitics.ca/2010/07/15/response-to-paul-from-dbtc-on-wtcc2/comment-page-1/#comment-972 DowntownPaul Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:00 +0000 http://halifaxpolitics.ca/?p=641#comment-972 Waye , your comments to my blog are up (www.downtownhalifax.ca). I don't think we particularly disagree at all. I never painted anyone who opposes WTCC II as being a smalltown hick (hey, I am a smalltown hick, originally!). People do have legitimate reasons to oppose this particular development, whether it's because of height, compatability, need, or aversion to P3 projects. What I question are those who seem to oppose anything at all ever happening in downtown Halifax, and assuming we will naturally return to our post-WWII vibrance. We need to be proactive in reinvesting in downtown Halifax. I also question how people get so worked up about $100 million in investment that we KNOW will have some direct economic benefit, while at the same time ignoring the tens of million we continue to pump into sprawl that generates less taxes than it costs to service. I also don't get why people think there is some sort of provincial conspiracy to ram a convention centre down our throats against all economic sense. Surely, we have some faith that the provincial bureacrats and politicians want to make a good business decision here. Is there a better way to invest in downtown? Maybe, but I have not seen the plan. I coninue to think that the CC is the FIRST thing we need to do, given that it has some provincial (and Federal) attention. Waye , your comments to my blog are up (www.downtownhalifax.ca). I don’t think we particularly disagree at all. I never painted anyone who opposes WTCC II as being a smalltown hick (hey, I am a smalltown hick, originally!). People do have legitimate reasons to oppose this particular development, whether it’s because of height, compatability, need, or aversion to P3 projects. What I question are those who seem to oppose anything at all ever happening in downtown Halifax, and assuming we will naturally return to our post-WWII vibrance. We need to be proactive in reinvesting in downtown Halifax. I also question how people get so worked up about $100 million in investment that we KNOW will have some direct economic benefit, while at the same time ignoring the tens of million we continue to pump into sprawl that generates less taxes than it costs to service.

I also don’t get why people think there is some sort of provincial conspiracy to ram a convention centre down our throats against all economic sense. Surely, we have some faith that the provincial bureacrats and politicians want to make a good business decision here.

Is there a better way to invest in downtown? Maybe, but I have not seen the plan. I coninue to think that the CC is the FIRST thing we need to do, given that it has some provincial (and Federal) attention.

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