tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post1856757517585472191..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Still no answers on arena financing planMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-65835540855135925532008-05-05T22:51:00.000-04:002008-05-05T22:51:00.000-04:00Does it really suprise you that this has really ha...Does it really suprise you that this has really happened? The motel/hotel tax was such a bad idea and anyone with half a brain would have said so. I have not seen lately a major rise in tourism and the only spike that may come will be in the form of Bass Pro Shops which is located in Wood County. The other side of this issue is the commissioners themselves and they do not care. None of them will still be in office in 30 years when the bonds come due, so what do they care? This city does not have enough sense to realize that the one looking back at them in the mirror is the problem and all of the political banter that our troubles have something to do with Washington D.C is Toledo metality...Shortsighted. I have said over and over that this city is a long way from rock bottom before it realizes it has a problem. Until then,people like Gladieux, Carty,Gerken et al will continue to abuse this city and milk it for all that it has left. Wasn't there plans several years back, when Rossford announced plans for an arena, to renovate the Sports Arena? How'd that one turn out?Monclova Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03216194716152394036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-4688225643661825862008-05-05T22:41:00.000-04:002008-05-05T22:41:00.000-04:00Does it really suprise you that this is how the ar...Does it really suprise you that this is how the arena plan is working out? Any person with half a brain could have told you that the hotel/motel tax was a bad idea. I don't see a lot of tourism coming to Northwest Ohio anytime soon except for maybe Bass Pro Shops which is located in Wood County. The other side of this is the commissioners who don't care what will happen in 30 years. By then, they will either have died,retired, or moved all together. Besides, this city and area have been so brainwashed that they believe republicans are to blame for their ills and cannot realize that the person in the mirror is the real reason the city is where it is. As I have always said, " You can't teach stupid!".Monclova Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03216194716152394036noreply@blogger.com