Comment 46834

By highwater (registered) | Posted August 31, 2010 at 10:20:45

The only thing the MIP site has going for it is highway visibility. The value of naming rights is dependent on numerous factors besides highway visibility, and who says BY is entitled to the naming rights of a city-owned facility anyway? There is less parking and lane capacity leading to the highway than at WH, so the only improvement over the WH for the cats is the dubious value of highway visibility.

Given the fact that parking and accessibility are the two main reasons BY cited for opposing WH, it is difficult to fathom why he would suddenly accept reduced parking and accessibility in exchange for highway visibility, unless this is an exercise in face-saving. Either that, or he is not the clever businessman that you believe him to be, because frankly, the benefits of the MIP over the WH just don't add up.

Of course the other possibility is that he was simply lying when he claimed that he opposed WH because of parking and accessibility.

So to answer your question, I guess I insist that it's about saving face for Bob because I'd rather think of him as an egomaniac than a moron or liar.

Comment edited by highwater on 2010-08-31 09:22:01

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