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Originally Posted by cardeza
When people say things like the "City" shouldn't have allowed Durst to buy a parcel and then cancel construction it doesn't make any sense. I'm all for city bashing where it's logical, but the idea that you can blame every single thing you don't like on some alleged incompetence by city government or city council is absurd. There are market conditions at work and developers (or any other owners) have the right to build or not to build. I paid very close attention to what was said, it doesn't hold water. We know tons of projects were abandoned or delayed during the 2009 recession- this stuff happens and it cant be blamed on the City doing something stupid.
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Why is this even a distinction in your mind? Who do you think created the DRWC?
This is city owned land. Just because the city decided to create a non profit to run the waterfront doesn't absolve them of responsibility. If current board members can't the job done there are steps the city can take to replace them or they could even have the corporation dissolved entirely and the city itself would regain control of the land.
Are sitting members of the city government making decisions for the DRWC? No. But that shouldn't matter to you because they're ultimately the ones responsible for what happens here.