What do you think of this project?

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bodsbods9090 said:
Well yeah, a billionaire complaining about $5 million will never look good.
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I can understand their argument that they felt the organization should have worked harder to get other donations and perhaps they even really believe it, but they gave a backstop and now to try take it away is really not a good look.
 
So we all agree Katz is the bad guy because. Charity. If I was a multi millionaire and donated millions of dollars to a charity with the understanding that they find matching grants and not use me as a cash cow and they failed to live up to that understanding I would be pissed no matter how much I was worth. I think we should reserve judgment.
 
^It's possible that's right, or it's possible there are five million other reasons why the Katz Group is taking this position. None of us -- being non-parties to this dispute -- are in a position to ascertain the truth. I can say that the Katz Group has benefited from extremely generous public subsidies with the arena deal, so this sort of fight with a charity serving the most downtrodden of Edmontonians, personally, strikes me as petty in the extreme, even if they do have some merit to their position.
 
Hate to say it but with the issues in that area, I'd rather it be torn down and left as a lot over being broken into by the homeless and potentially causing issues like a fire or vandalism.
 
IanO said:
Agreed, but it's more about not having a near-term plan post-demolition. Edmonton has more vacant lots than almost any major city out there.
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I agree we do have to many vacant lots around, but on a more positive note several previously vacant lots have been/are being filled to the south and east of this.
 
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