tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post386001572269925977..comments2023-10-02T08:28:06.724-05:00Comments on Ecology of Absence: Blairmont Site Assembly Heading to the Long Final MarchMichael R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-87020960203737682652007-02-08T13:02:00.000-06:002007-02-08T13:02:00.000-06:00I saw this article too. It is pretty obvious what...I saw this article too. It is pretty obvious what is going on. They will be getting subsidies on top of it all........<BR/><BR/>that legislation is pretty specific as to the type of development that can get the money, so it appears to be set up for this specific developer only......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-64379947536722317202007-02-08T09:19:00.000-06:002007-02-08T09:19:00.000-06:00Lt Gov Peter Kinderer is pushing a $100 million ta...Lt Gov Peter Kinderer is pushing a $100 million tax credit for Blairmont. Who is this undisclosed developer from St. Charles County who wants a "subsidy for a massive mixed use development in St. Louis"?<BR/>http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/2EF2C5B02EF7F5578625727C00135BA8?OpenDocumentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-9346874093034318002007-02-06T14:08:00.000-06:002007-02-06T14:08:00.000-06:00I stumbled accross your blog and this is the first...I stumbled accross your blog and this is the first I had heard of this Blairmont travesty. Keep up the good work.<br /><br />A thought. Have you considered contacting some of the current or former african american players on the Rams to enlist their help in this matter? It seems like we have had many community minded players. I can't imagine that they wouldn't take an interest when presented with all the facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-10079009606445606902007-02-06T13:40:00.000-06:002007-02-06T13:40:00.000-06:00The idea that BJC is the 70% owner is absurd.
Sta...The idea that BJC is the 70% owner is absurd.<br /><br />Statements like that will get this cause nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-52515770772120224992007-02-05T12:48:00.000-06:002007-02-05T12:48:00.000-06:00It's not just government that is silent.
Other pa...It's not just government that is silent.<br /><br />Other parties invested in the future of this part of the city have to know what's up:<br /><br />Metro/Bi-State<br />Great Rivers Greenway District<br />RHCDAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-5346570953135012412007-02-05T07:53:00.000-06:002007-02-05T07:53:00.000-06:00Perhaps one of Mckee's greatest allies is MoDOT. ...Perhaps one of Mckee's greatest allies is MoDOT. Already he is getting Hwy 64 expanded and rebuilt to serve Winghaven. The new lanes in Dardenne Prairie will then help qualify 64 as an interstate highway. <br /><br />These objectives will be further enhanced with the New I64 plans. Any bets on why the New I64, especially at Kingshighway, exhibit abundant amounts of favoritism? Neighborhoods are being destroyed so developers can create their myopic utopia...isn't StL wonderful?<br /><br />Let's ban all bikes and pedestrians! Make way for the cars, trucks and Segways!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-34584284154579336242007-02-04T13:02:00.000-06:002007-02-04T13:02:00.000-06:00What do you mean by "willing"? Let's look up the d...What do you mean by "willing"? Let's look up the definition of ethnic cleansing -- <br /><br />At the most general level, however, ethnic cleansing can be understood as the expulsion of an "undesirable" population from a given territory due to religious or ethnic discrimination, political, strategic or ideological considerations, or a combination of these.<br /><br />-- Andrew Bell-Fialkoff (wiki)kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030263156233825262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-54735295401684150902007-02-04T12:57:00.000-06:002007-02-04T12:57:00.000-06:00OK Anonymous, great specious logic. You are makin...OK Anonymous, great specious logic. You are making the argument for us. This is *exactly* why McKee is resorting to block-busting. He is NOT getting aldermanic support and is doing this the old-fashioned way. Once he has site control, the eminent domain proceeding will be moot, not to mention at a rock-bottom price. Get your head into a less rosy place and THINK with those brains god gave you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-4263640944399821902007-02-04T12:52:00.000-06:002007-02-04T12:52:00.000-06:00I'm starting to wonder, who is the 70% owner of th...I'm starting to wonder, who is the 70% owner of the Blairmont companies? BJC? Maybe the 10-acre Forest Park deal is just a big red herring for the 1000 acre deal. Like pickpocketing teams, create a silly distraction so you won't notice while they steal you blind. Ever notice that this big chunk of land and new highway will make it easy for BJC execs to drive up to NorthPark without having to set eyes on an urban landscape or (gasp!) an African-American community.kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030263156233825262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-33972947761981967602007-02-04T12:50:00.000-06:002007-02-04T12:50:00.000-06:00Displacement is involuntary relocation. If owners...Displacement is involuntary relocation. If owners willingly sell, they are not displaced.<br /><br />Tenants on short term leases are lowest on the totem pole in terms of claims of interest.<br /><br />Owner occupants are highest. If things come down to acquiring holdouts via eminent domain, then the effort will have risen to a new dimension.<br /><br />Generally speaking, alderman never support redevelopment plans which acquisition by eminent domain over owner occupants. <br /><br />If that were to happen in the case of Blairmont, it will take aldermanic support.<br /><br />Since these owner occupants are voters, most aldermen won't travel down that road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com