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Reprinted from Letters to the Editor, The Dallas Morning News, 06/01/02, with permission from Gordon James:

Vote sent wrong message

With the vote on May 22 to grant the developers of the Victory/Palladium project another $43 million tax abatement, the majority of our City Council have sent a loud and strong message to present and future developers. You can make any deal you want to with the city, you can promise the moon and the stars, and you will not be held accountable.

What's more, if you don't deliver on what you promised, we will give you millions more in tax abatements for more empty promises. Does anyone really believe that Palladium will have $385 million of development on the ground in three years? They don't have to. Our two local corporate deadbeats, Hicks/Perot Jr. didn't have to, even though Ross Perot said there would be development on this site by 2002. So why should these guys from New York think they are under the gun to deliver?

I would be willing to bet if Palladium does nothing more than construct a tar-paper shack on that 40 acres around the arena in three years, that Don Hill will be leading the charge to give Ken Wong and his buddies more tax abatements. In fact, Laura Miller's No. 1 reason to vote no on this additional tax abatement for the Victory (Sucker) Development was because they will be back for more.

Gordon James, Dallas

 

                                        

    





                               

 

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