Visions of Yesteryear: The 1971 Downtown Master Plan

[gypsie2009]

I am an "old" native and have seen this play,re-play, and process come and go for 61/2 decades. It's failures are directly related to horrible City Council leadership, refusal to work with past and present Mayors, and religious agendas. There is total disregard for our ecological responsibilities, corruption throughout every segment of our government, especially our prison system,educational system,code enforcement divisions,and offices like the D.A. These people do not have a clue of how to run a city. They are more like actors in a bad play. They are either poorly educated,uneducated, or just plain obtuse. They only know how to govern from their perspective which is usually from an interpretation of some form of religion. We have wasted billions on non-profit schemes,poor choices in hiring firms outside of our city or state, and our quality of life has gotten worse by the decade. This was a great town at one time. It is now slow to change and react to a fast paced tech based world.
OneSpark was a chaotic example of a good idea gone bad.What I saw downtown was a lot of drunks,nowhere to park,and a pandering to figure out what poor people would buy. It was more like a third world bizarre than a platform of innovation. I didn't see a thing I'd not seen before.It was not even close to being handicapped accessible.