(07-24-2015 04:15 PM)Eagles Cliff Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 10:14 AM)panama Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 08:26 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 08:21 AM)Eagles Cliff Wrote:  Why are the opinions of the neighborhood people being given so much weight? If the neighborhood was attractive for business, the businesses would already be there.

Politicians decide what to do with this property. The people in the neighborhood vote on who their politicians are.

Boom

And the politicians of the city of Atlanta might be even more moronic than the ones in Washington (if that's even possible) so what does that say about the people who voted for them?

Missing the point. Nobody is signing off on their own political execution. That part is universal.