(Ahhh the culture of corruption - promoted by Jon Koller)
Of course he's corrupt. He's a Republican.
A "down state" developer/Allen campaign contributor gets special favors in local Traverse City development bid. And no remembers how that might have happened:
Ask Traverse City officials for details on why an alternate parking deck proposed for West Front Street won't work and prepare to hear chapter and verse. They can provide dates when all this was discussed, facts and figures, state brownfield rules, who said what to whom and when.
Ask those same city officials about state Sen. Jason Allen's role in quashing the alternative plan, and it's amnesia time. Nobody remembers nuttin'. Including Allen.
That's simply not credible, of course. They remember. A handful of insiders — including a couple of people who draw their paychecks from the city — know what was said to whom and when. They know precisely the political pressure brought to bear on a local developer to withdraw his plan. They know the details.
But they're not saying. And they're certainly not letting city voters in on the act.
It's a tale of selective memory and downright misinformation designed to cover the fact that a state politician with links to a downstate developer derailed a competing proposal.
OK...first of all, Traverse City just built a parking garage, right downtown (with a great view of the bay, btw). There is no study to see if there is even any need for this parking structure.
Then Republican Sen. Jason Allen (D37- Corrupt) pushed out a local developer to favor a campaign contributor.
Jason must be shooting for a job in the U.S. Congress. That's where the real money is made, eh Jason? Well, I think it's time he was sent back to Captain's Quarters (Jason fit my tux for the prom--he was good at it--he should do it some more).
(I would like to thank Matt's news aggregator at the top for pointing out this story--this was a dinner table disscusion when I was at my parents' house in TC last week!) |
