Originally Posted by
EastsideAl
I think people here are missing the point. When this deal was first proposed we were told that the state would be coming in with an admission fee that would return a dedicated funding stream to maintain AND IMPROVE the park. And that the state would have some specific proposed ideas [[at least) of the improvements they could make.
However, the final deal as presented neither gives the park any dedicated funding from admission revenues [[which will just go into a general state fund), nor makes any commitment to make improvements on the island [[and doesn't even state any proposals for possible improvements). All for nothing in return.
So, I don't blame the Council, or we citizens of the city, for being skeptical, as anyone in a negotiation should be, when the deal we're presented with is not the one we were expecting to get.