At the last council meeting, council members FINALLY put up a fight over what looks to be excessive costs. When Reliance Architecture said it would cost $38,000 to re-shuffle some paperwork, council actually put up a fight.
It was nice to see. We certainly NEVER saw that type of thing during the Talbert and Monroe years. The last time I recall seeing serious pushback on costs was when the Old City Hall remodel project was budgeted at $350,000 and the bids came in at $750,000. Of course, they proceeded to spend $1.5 million on it before it was all said and done.
The Hostess House has followed a similar trajectory – as I predicted at the very beginning in March of 2021….
When computing things using FinleyMath, you ALWAYS have to add a zero at the end. Like owning a boat. That $3 bracket for your home ends up costing $30 at the marine depot! It has happened over and over and over again. Thus, $200,000 becomes $2,000,000:
I hate to say it, but after I win the $1.5 billion Mega Millions tonight, I STILL will not donate $2 million to this project, because it seems like such a ripoff. The City THEMSELVES admit that this venue will only make about $10,000 per year in rental fees after subtracting costs. So the payback period is 200 years. Absolutely retarded.
Throw in the fact that Mike Hardin has ALREADY completed a “possible wedding/reception” over at the old Santa Fe Depot, and you have a lot of supply on the market for this purpose. As usual, the City should have stayed out of it and let the free market do its job.