New Convention Center issue

[gmwise]

Let look at it this way. Is it better to send local decision makers to other cities or to bring decision makers from other cities to OKC? Do you want Larry Nichols traveling to Houston for energy related conventions every year, or would you prefer the CEOs of Houston based companies coming to OKC? The decision is really no harder than that.

I understand we need "new money" to grow our local economy.
But we have so many slum like houses,abandon properties,Downtown is a mess, hell I have a damn abandon property that has 3 to 4 feet of growing grass,across the street, the city can't seem to find...and they want a new convention center?
,show me you can handle your first job!!