There is no compelling public interest in moving the UDB now. To do so would only prove, again, that the commission majority is caving to private developers' interests at the public good's expense.
Will the County Commission vote to move it? With Commissioner Sally Heyman absent (broken ankle) it all hinges on the swing votes of Commissioners Audrey Edmonson and Rebeca Sosa. I am feeling confident about Commissioners Sorenson, Gimenez and Moss. The application needs two thirds of the County Commission, with 12 present they need 8 votes to pass it. We have dubbed Edmonson a member of the 'unreformable majority'. Will she stay in that snake pit or move to the enlightened side today? Our only other chance is if a member of the unreformable doesn't show up, like Vile Natacha Seijas, but knowing the Commissioner of the 13th district, she would come on a stretcher just to orchestrate the votes to help her buds.
If you are going to the meeting today, send me photos of lobbyists.
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The Herald should consider how little good its one-off editorials on the UDB do. If they picked up the thread of what EOM and focus on the specific investors who are speculating outside the UDB, like the directors of US Century Bank, its readers might get a sense of what is really driving the politics. Of course for that to happen, the publisher would have to write off any full page ads in the future, from US Century. But hey, that's what leadership is all about. Making choices.
As I stated before on this blog, moving the UDB as an economic stimulus is like bombing for peace.
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