Quote Originally Posted by dankrutka View Post
Per Steve's article, who is this Chuck Ainsworth fellow who "argued in favor of the demolition, saying the targeted buildings 'are functionally obsolete.'"

Weren't these buildings being fully used before tenants were kicked out? How are they "functionally obsolete?"
Unfortunately, some of the people who are on these committees don't really have the mission of the committee has their guiding principle. They participate in these groups as a stepping stone to something else or for the business connections they facilitate and so are easily influenced (often willingly) by people and companies that the committee is essentially supposed to be regulating. I wish these committees were stacked only with people who actual believed in the core mission the committee is tasked with. Alas, these people are political appointees so what can you do.