More re origins of Convention Center

Interesting comment about the tax that was cheered. My experience has been,as I am sure yours was, that whenever a critical vote was taken by a public body to support the taxpayer-financed hotel and convention center project,the room was packed with people who had never attended such a meeting before.

Judging by the conversations among these people both before and after these meetings, it would appear that project supporters intentionally sent dozens of their own people to these meetings, in order to drown out the concerns of people who really care about what happens to our tax dollars.