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S.L. OKs $6 million renovation for Gallivan Utah Center
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Why are they spending $6 Million on a renovation of the Gallivan Center instead of helping Salt Lake's poor and homeless???
As for the Church: building temples and chapels for the growing membership is a responsibility for the members of the church. And please don't overlook the millions they spend on welfare programs and helping in disasters.
As for the Gallivan Center, the City RDA has it's own budget that is created from taxes levied on designated areas of the city and from developer fees in order to improve those areas and bring more people and business (thus more sales tax). Again this money is not available to be used for basic services and towards the general budget, yet the increased sales tax from the RDA ventures does go towards the general fund.
Educate yourself before you complain, you just look stupid otherwise.
There are homeless drifting around that area all day, especially in the morning.
When I worked downtown a few years ago, I would cut through there and there were always security police there because you'd see some really strange people (maybe harmless) drifting around there.
With this economy, you should wait before all this fancy renovation. Another thing that will happen, with all of this construction downtown, there will be more sidewalks closed and accsess to sidewalks for pedestrian use.
I have seen them setting things up for concerts, events and such and sometimes you have to walk in the street to avoid all of the fenced areas.
I feel sorry for those also staying at the Marriott hotel with the noise of construction going on.
If you want wait another year, please do. There's enough there already with an ice rink and room for other events.
The reason we are in a recession is because everyone is over-reacting and stopping everything. We need more people to act normally and start looking to the future.
The only thing I'd add is that this type of facility also brings in a lot of money. Ask the cities that host bowl games.
It is because a majority of the general public do not understand, even one iota, about economics, tax distributions, RDA funds, finances, business, and market timing.
Who would want to hear ranting and raving about tax expenditures and projects from people who don't know how these systems work?
Educate yourselves before speaking or commenting. Then maybe our politicians will listen.
$6 million spent now on this project is a great expenditure for many reasons. Ask any economist, and they will tell you that spending on infrastructure and renewal projects are the best way to get out of a recession.
Thank you to Salt Lake's leadership for knowing what the general public does not understand.
The simple fact of the matter is the RDA already had these funds socked away. You will not be paying more taxes and the funds do not come out of the general budget - no roads will be neglected because of this project.
If anything this project will stimulate the economy to the tune of $6 million. Remember that when people or governments don't spend, cash does not flow and people don't have money to spend on other items.
This is not tax-and-spend politics, this is freeing up money that would otherwise sit in a bank and do nothing to benefit the community and the economy.