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Why the GOP Presidential debate in Tampa last night wasn't any good

This is a Sick of Spin moment.....  I'm hearing and reading all this nonsense today by the talking heads of the political left that last night's debate responses by the candidates were disappointing, that they were flat.  Ladies and gentlemen that's spin.  Last night's debate didn't come off as flat because the candidates were bad, the debate was boring and subpar because the questions sucked and NBC didn't allow the audience to clap, cheer, or jeer! It was like watching a football game on NBC TV without announcers ~ Mike Thayer

Are Coralville City Officials afraid to put their pet projects up for a vote?

In a word, YES!
By Mike Thayer

This is another 'Things that make you go hmmmmm.....' moment.

The last time the city of Coralville put a multi-million dollar project up for a vote, it was the library expansion in 2005.

Cost:  $3 million.

Prior to that, it was the Coralville Pool project in 2002.

Cost:  $2 million.

In the here and now....

Performance Arts Theatre - $11.2 million, residents didn't get a say, no vote.

Von Maur move from Sycamore Mall to the Iowa River Landing - $10+ million, residents didn't get a say, no vote.

Backpocket Brewery - $6 million (pending), no voter referendum.  A public hearing is scheduled for November 22, but that's just window dressing.  Members of the council have already made up their minds, it's a done deal.    

Note that the library and the pool projects combined amount to less than any of the recent City of Coralville pet projects.  Why did a $3 million project in 2005 and a $2 million project in 2002 go up for a vote, but the much more expensive projects of today do not? 

TIF projects such as the *city owned* Hotel, the Coral Galleria, the Iowa River Landing, are also multi-million, greatly exceeding the costs of the library or the pool, but are stories for another day.

Related stories, doing what the local corporate media won't do, tying stories together: 

http://coralvillecourier.typepad.com/community/2011/08/taxpayer-funded-coralville-center-for-the-performing-arts-prepares-for-grand-opening-this-weekend.html

http://coralvillecourier.typepad.com/community/2011/09/coralvilles-von-maur-deal-is-corporate-welfare.html

http://coralvillecourier.typepad.com/community/2011/11/without-asking-taxpayers-coralville-leaders-propose-to-give-away-6-million-to-a-brew-pub.html

http://coralvillecourier.typepad.com/community/2011/11/coralville-debt-leads-all-cities-in-johnson-county.html