"For all the sturm und drang about how nice the east Riverfront area could have been until the big bad casinos wrecked it - the only reason you have any activity over there is precisely because of the casinos."

More spin. Ever hear of Tri-Centennial State Park? The State has put millions into the Riverfront and was first in with money.

"And the question wasn't about whether to use the $1.4 million for demo, it was what program to cut to fund the addional $2.6 - $4.0 million to adequately and securely mothball the Lafayette."

The question was about the $1.4 million as it speaks to how the DDA spends its money. Still waiting on budget info. We'll see if the DDA can produce any details. Maybe I should have said I was a demo. contractor.