tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post5439202630713311130..comments2024-03-28T13:52:51.919-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Madison Marquette: Poop Or Get Off The PotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-13021768752335765202010-12-06T08:09:53.818-08:002010-12-06T08:09:53.818-08:00The land is owned by the Redevelopment Agency (the...The land is owned by the Redevelopment Agency (the city). It was taken by hostile eminent domain from previous owners who were running profitable businesses there; you may remember the Flower Mart. The city paid to clear the land and decontaminate it from toxins and now it is to be given to Madison Marquette in another subsidy (most likely).<br /><br />A city-wide survey from last year shows that you are correct that the residents mostly do not use the existing Bay Street mall, it is used by people who drive into our town from throughout the region.<br /><br />As to the appropriateness of government taxing business, that's a matter of personal opinion.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-62098435995677269422010-12-06T01:55:27.156-08:002010-12-06T01:55:27.156-08:00Who owns this land and if it is owned by the city,...Who owns this land and if it is owned by the city, Why? Our government should not be in business trying to sqeaze money out of developers to fill the city's coffers. If the city owns the land, let us pay for and make a park or a nice local historical museum. It is not likely we residents will be shopping at, nor sleeping at a hotel there. When it comes down to it, the residents here need places of our own for us to enjoy, and we will pay for it, but not for schemes and pipe dreams to pay for the governments highly paid employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com