Yeah, how come when Burnham's being redeveloped with city incentives, the council and The Gazette seem so pissed?
Yet when the new Hilton property got incentives (see last blog entry) or when One Main was being built with - what, at least a million dollars of taxpayer money? - er, we mean, "city incentives*", the Gazette ran laudatory after laudatory article, reported on development that might happen, reported that the building was "97 percent leased and cost $17 million" when, in fact, it's not and it didn't.
The Gazette has continued the trend with the next two downtown projects - the M2 and the downtown hotel. (See links below for the definition of laudatory.)
Why isn't The Gazette asking the same tough questions to those guys? Where's the article on whether Tatman and Co. will buy that M2 lot? Isn't it behind schedule as well?
For the record, the blogs were asking (link in title above): *If I was a taxpayer in Champaign I would wonder why in [the] Hell my City Council was giving Cody Sokoloski and his lot the key to the city."
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