Comments on: The Saga of a Downtown Austin Parking Garage Coming To A Close? http://downtownaustinblog.org/2010/03/15/the-saga-of-a-downtown-austin-parking-garage-coming-to-a-close/ downtown Austin's neighborhood and real estate blog Tue, 22 May 2012 17:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Linda http://downtownaustinblog.org/2010/03/15/the-saga-of-a-downtown-austin-parking-garage-coming-to-a-close/#comment-1626 Linda Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:25:46 +0000 http://downtownaustinblog.org/?p=6046#comment-1626 Is that the fellow that Cheney shot in the face? I'm glad things are looking up for him. Is that the fellow that Cheney shot in the face? I’m glad things are looking up for him.

]]> By: M1EK http://downtownaustinblog.org/2010/03/15/the-saga-of-a-downtown-austin-parking-garage-coming-to-a-close/#comment-1625 M1EK Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:48:59 +0000 http://downtownaustinblog.org/?p=6046#comment-1625 "urgently needed" is really bad spin from the city - I hope you don't really take it at face value. Most convention center events don't have a lot of locals visiting - hence little need for parking at the center (rather than at hotels); and frankly, encouraging more out-of-town conventions and fewer local conventions is better for our economy anyways. This decision by the city was appalling back then, and even more appalling after fighting it for this long - I'm ashamed at how many otherwise good city councilmembers have continued to allow this perpetration of injustice to continue when they had it in their power to stop it. “urgently needed” is really bad spin from the city – I hope you don’t really take it at face value. Most convention center events don’t have a lot of locals visiting – hence little need for parking at the center (rather than at hotels); and frankly, encouraging more out-of-town conventions and fewer local conventions is better for our economy anyways.

This decision by the city was appalling back then, and even more appalling after fighting it for this long – I’m ashamed at how many otherwise good city councilmembers have continued to allow this perpetration of injustice to continue when they had it in their power to stop it.

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