Re: Alturas Technology Park

[Greg Brown <gregb@alaskapacific.edu>]

Priscilla Salant wrote:

> I would really appreciate hearing from a city council member about this.
> Or Larry, because I know you're out there.  As usual, I keep thinking there
> must be a reasonable explanation. (Sorry, Greg, I'm naive!)

    That's okay, Priscilla, I was naive too!  (Well, not really).
I was naively hopeful that my elected officials would be
guided by ethics rather than loopholes.  I was hoping that
my elected officials would want to follow the *intent* as
well as the *letter* of the urban renewal law. The elected
officials willfully chose to speculate on a private development
project whose entire risk was underwritten by the taxpayers.

     If things had worked out economically, the responsible
individuals might be seen as "heroes" in some people's
eyes.  But now, apparently, the chickens have come home
to roost.

--
Greg Brown (gregb@alaskapacific.edu)
Associate Professor
Environmental Science Department
Alaska Pacific University
(907) 564-8267
http://polar.alaskapacific.edu/gregb