Espy (RE: Say, Didn't You Used To Be OpenCDA.com?): Funny enough, Mary posted something there recently. Someone had claimed that LCDC had played a major part in getting the Kroc here and she shot that down by providing the sources of funding. LCDC had a much smaller impact than the city according to Mary. Of course, she didn't say that some people had tried to stop the city from providing that funding and that, had they been successful, the Kroc may not have happened. I wonder why she was quiet about that part.

DFO: Yes, LCDC played a key role in a land swap that provided the site for the Kroc Center. Yes, the usual suspects fought tooth & nail to stop the Kroc center. Spencer entertained us for months with his bogus Dirtgate fight (re: the filler needed to plug the hole at the old landfill site. A secretive group sent a letter to a national church-state separation group, trying to stop the center because it was affiliated with the Salvation Army. And there was a group that griped that the city paid too much for the land for the new library parking lot. And on and on. But people forget & even elect some of these birds to responsible positions. Thoughts?