State sues City View over pollution

[David Lay]

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07 ... ew_sh.html

Scene pointed out the pollution last year:

http://www.clevescene.com/2007-01-10/ne ... th-a-view/

[Jim DeVito]

It is about time. That crap hole should have never have been built. Sometimes the greed kicks in and common sense goes out the window.

[Tim Liston]

I remember reading a couple months ago that a developer was wanting to put another "lifestyle" center near City View, north of 480. Frankly the stupidity of such a proposition had me pretty well floored.

One positive aspect of the credit crunch is that about the only new development that can take place is that which is a slam-dunk. Which a lifestyle center in Garfield Heights is not....

[Bill Call]

I remember reading a couple months ago that a developer was wanting to put another "lifestyle" center near City View, north of 480. Frankly the stupidity of such a proposition had me pretty well floored.

The Cleveland Port Authority has issued bonds to build the retail North of 480 and City View. Taxpayer dollars of course. The powers that be have decided that the most pressing economic need in Cleveland is more retail space.

The consipiracy theorist in me suspects that the tax payers are funding the new retail to put Steel Yard Commons out of business. The Steel Yard Commons developer dared to build his facility in a place the government didn't want it in and (horror of horrors) built it with his own money.

[Tim Liston]

Bill now that you mention it I remember reading that too, Port Authority (i.e. taxpayer) support of the proposed new lifestyle facility that is. Preposterous, and pretty much proof of all that Bill has been saying.

Central planning is probably not all that bad. The problem is that the central planners are corrupt.