The thrust of my comment is to all of the new building projects in general, but I am in favor of the new library, and believe it is worth whatever the public costs may be. That said, I feel the city government is being disingenuous in their portrayal of all of these projects, in that they don't seem to be addressing the long-term implications of cost to the taxpayers(I understand there is an exception regarding the library). As for the plan for moving the Chargers downtown, I heard just yesterday on KPBS about how there is evidence the move downtown has hurt attendance at Padre's games. Isn't the left hand paying attention to the right hand?
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The thrust of my comment is to all of the new building projects in general, but I am in favor of the new library, and believe it is worth whatever the public costs may be. That said, I feel the city government is being disingenuous in their portrayal of all of these projects, in that they don't seem to be addressing the long-term implications of cost to the taxpayers(I understand there is an exception regarding the library). As for the plan for moving the Chargers downtown, I heard just yesterday on KPBS about how there is evidence the move downtown has hurt attendance at Padre's games. Isn't the left hand paying attention to the right hand?
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