Lame duck mayor stalls soccer stadium progress
THE MOST INTERESTING PART of today's Chron story about the soccer stadium and the mayor's race is at the end:
At times, officials have declared that they're "in the home stretch" on a deal, but election season has all but stopped serious talks.
David Turkel, the county's point man on negotiations, said the city has lost several TIRZ experts in the past few months as White's staffers leave for new jobs in advance of the Dec. 31 expiration of his term.
And the two county commissioners whose precincts overlay the stadium area have endorsed one of White's opponents in the Democratic primary election for U.S. Senate in March.
"I personally feel nothing is going to happen until we have a new administration, and then we may have to start all over again. We don't even know who we'll be dealing with," Turkel said. "On Jan. 2, I'll be calling, saying, 'Who do I talk to?'"
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/15/09 03:45 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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