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The MC didn't decide what businesses were started in SBR or where they were placed. That was done by the owners and/or investors. Perkins Rowe was not the brain child of the MC looking for new retail/medical/entertainment/residential facilities. This isn't Sim City.

yeah exactly. i always brought this up when i'd post about gary's comments about "excluding the money". he really thinks that a few 6-figure public contracts are going to make the difference in NBR. hell even Champion Medical was a drop in the bucket in terms of the EBR economy

they literally have no understanding of economics and support stupid ideas based on either ignorance or self-promotion (political pandering, political machines, etc).

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They complain that there are no grocery stores in NBR

perfect example. hell i think that businesses in NBR can already receive lucrative tax breaks and they still don't invest there. what do they want? publicly-run grocery stores?

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They refuse to acknowledge the fact that no one wants to invest in a side of town that has no interest in investing in itself.

the sad part is that if people did start to invest in the area, they would be criticized for gentrifying the area

it's a lose-lose and they never explain fully what they want. they speak in broad, vague platitudes and nothing else

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Posted by upgrayedd

Lifting at Tobin's house

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Posted on 10/5/17 at 11:20 am to SlowFlowPro

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it's a lose-lose and they never explain fully what they want. they speak in broad, vague platitudes and nothing else

The really frustrating part is that no one forces these people to play these scenarios out to an end.

Ok, we "give NBR money". What happens next?

Does the metro council decide what businesses are built and where?

Do Chauna Banks and Gary force Albertson's to build a facility on Plank Road?

Does SWB force developers to build new 2 story houses in 70805 or raze and rebuild old ones? Does the city/parish pay for/subsidize this?

Do we award government contracts to "black businesses" whether they can perform the work or meet the requirements or not?

They all love to shoot from the hip and say the things that their constituencies love to hear because they can get away with it. No one, other than their detractors, actually ask to see a business plan or more details of these fantasies.

This is like letting 4 year olds decide what they want to eat for dinner every night.

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