free geoip

Saturday, February 17, 2007

SWOP homepage  

Pay to Play Planning

Good Ol' Boy politics alive and well in NM.

How can the public participate in planning when it's a pay to play kinda' game?


Developer Bailed City Out

By Dan McKay
Albuquerque Journal
The developer of Mesa del Sol picked up $80,000 in cost overruns on the controversial Tricentennial Towers late last year— a month before the city approved financing related to its project.
The timing caught the attention of City Council President Debbie O'Malley.
"What bothers me is that we have a large developer in negotiations with us ... essentially bailing the city out of a quandary in terms of money," O'Malley said Thursday. "I don't think that's very good policy."


Read More:

Labels: , , , ,


Comments: Post a Comment

Links to this post:

Create a Link



<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?