Peanut Gallery (Hagadone Gardens)

Maybe the blog helped kill this idea. Maybe he wanted to avoid the humiliation of a public vote. Maybe he realized he couldn’t strong-arm the Mayor and Council. Who knows?

I liked the idea of botanical gardens. I think they could have added a lot to our city. I just felt Big D needed to compromise on a few points, which obviously he wasn’t willing to do, despite his public comments that he would be willing to compromise.

Big D didn’t want to give up Sanders Beach. He didn’t want to donate millions for a library or a civic center. He didn’t want to bend one inch, so he took his flower pots and went home.

The Edge

DFO: The blog helped kill the idea? Goodness, that’s an interesting thought.