I'm reading through the entirety of this thread an y'all crack me up. "I'll believe it when I see it"?!?! You guys do realize that "seeing it" is like step 431 out of a 431-step process, right?
It's like the M-1 Rail, or the Book Cadillac, or Capitol Park, or Broderick Tower, or the David Whitney Building, or ABC, or XYZ. These projects are GIGANTIC in scope, with lots of moving parts.
I get the desire to avoid being a head-in-the-clouds pollyanna, but if you let yourself get jaded, then how can we ever accomplish hard things? Remember that everything we're trying to do right now...save the city...restructure government...streamline operations...improve services...redevelop property...etc. These are all gigantic undertakings, most of which require multiple parties to all simultaneously come together in a highly orchestrated ballet of balancing interests, good timing, and fearless leadership.
There's a lot that's out of our control as pawns in this whole game. But one thing that we can do is inform ourselves as to what normal progress is and reserving judgment until you have a good understanding of all the facts involved.
The problem with the collective attitude in the city now is that when something gets pushed back, doesn't go as planned, disappoints with their results...the reflex response is that someone out there is trying to screw us. And, YES, sometimes that's true...and corruption, graft, etc. are really enemies that we have to combat.
But other times, the enemy isn't a person, or a race, or another city, or another political party. Sometimes the enemy is that THIS SHIT IS COMPLICATED AND THERE ARE NO EASY, SIMPLE ANSWERS TO COMPLEX PUZZLES.
Like I said, there's not a lot we can do as pawns in the game. But one thing that would go a long way is be able to better discern whether we're getting screwed or whether we're making slow progress on an uphill obstacle course. Hint: Though there exceptions, more often than not it's the 2nd
Because every moment we spend blaming "X" for how difficult stuff is, we're not spending that moment on trying get from step 34 to step 35 on the 742-step process of solving problem "Y".
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