Quote Originally Posted by Wesley Mouch View Post
So he was racist. That has nothing to do with this thread -- which was about bookkeeping. Racists can be good bookkeepers.

Your distaste for his personal beliefs is not relevant, nor really interesting. Overt racists views were more commonplace then.
There is the argument that the city could have a stronger tax base than what currently exists in the areas that we "urban redeveloped", and I think it's a valid argument. The destruction of certain neighborhoods, regardless of ulterior motive, did come directly before major trouble in the city and the begin of the long population decline.