Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and City Council are plotting to make convention center hotel a city project
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In a mostly closed-door session on Tuesday, Mayor Tom Leppert and a majority of the members of the City Council have came up with a plan to have the city of Dallas own and operate the controversial convention center hotel they're hot-hot-hot to build.
They've convinced themselves that Dallas' convention center will suffer unless they have a hotel nearby. And they're making these decisions behind closed doors.
Council member Mitchell Rasansky called it "absolute insanity"; he and Angela Hunt are the only two who have offered objections, but both have been silenced or sidelined.
On May 14, the council will vote to spend approximately $42 million to buy the land. On June 16, they'll choose a developer from among four candidates. Then they'll come with a plan to build and operate the hotel, and vote to sell revenue bonds to fund it.
Posted by T.G.
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DC Anonymous
I wish this were unbelieveable. This is the follow up after TLs asian massage trip?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ba...
I actually have footage from Dallas City Hall starring Angela Hunt, Tom Leppert and Ron Natinsky discussing the matter:
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Billusa99 Anonymous
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha!
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