OfCoffee: Throttle Down LCDC

I think folks are satisfied with some of the accomplishments of the incumbents, but I think there has been a growing feeling that the city is going to the public trough for “projects” a bit too quickly. In other words, the public isn’t against new libraries, etc, and they are completely against LCDC, but they want more tough questions asked, and maybe someone who can play devil’s advocate on the council. I am not a CAVEr, and I am not anti-LCDC. And I have admittedly not dug deep into the city issues. But as a bystander, it seems that the process for using urban renewal money is too easy (I’m not sure how to word this right.) Today’s uses for the agency seemed to have grown beyond the original purpose. Complete post below

Question: How do you interpret the meaning of the election results for the future of Lake City Development Corp.?

This election had a very clear meaning to me, especially if I was an incumbent.

I think folks are satisfied with some of the accomplishments of the incumbents, but I think there has been a growing feeling that the city is going to the public trough for “projects” a bit too quickly. In other words, the public isn’t against new libraries, etc, and they are completely against LCDC, but they want more tough questions asked, and maybe someone who can play devil’s advocate on the council.

I am not a CAVEr, and I am not anti-LCDC. And I have admittedly not dug deep into the city issues. But as a bystander, it seems that the process for using urban renewal money is too easy (I’m not sure how to word this right.) Today’s uses for the agency seemed to have grown beyond the original purpose. And we don’t seem to have many members on the council that were willing to put the brakes on. The money that came back to the city from the Post Falls urban renewal really made people question how we are doing it in CdA.

Likewise, the process that led to the approval of the ed cooridor left too many questions e.g. the appraisal, etc. I support the ed cooridor, but I didn’t like the process.

That said, most of the challengers didn’t bring a level of finesse or didn’t create an image of leadership that it would take to unseat an incumbent.

This post is a clumsy way of saying that the people still like the incumbents, but slow down and don’t be so quick to spend money, even if the project looks really attractive.

I need more coffee…