Comment on The mud is starting to fly over the downtown Nugget Project by Aaron Highe
I think that the Monorail Loop project is a splendid idea. A high speed monorail connecting the bustling business centers in the area is just what we need. With stations at Stewart Center, Kmart, Arrowhead Dr. Manufacturing Center, Moundhouse State Adult Recreational Area, The Ormsby House and the V&T roundhouse it’s…sure…to…attract…
That last part shocked me back to reality. What a stupid idea, slightly moreso than this downtown blackhole that some are screaming for. Unlike real blackholes where nothing escapes, the money pumped into this project will empty out the bottom where someone will have their wallets wide open to collect it.
As others have pointed out, you can’t look on any point of the compass without seeing empty buildings, some that’ve never been rented. This town, this state is hemorrhaging red ink. “If you build it they will come” works only in flush times and movie cornfields. It’s California-think: long on theory, very short on real world facts. The taxpayers get Monorailed in the end. In hard times you cut back and save every penny. I applaud Smolenski’s “show me the numbers” attitude.
Let’s face it, for the time being, Carson City is cold brown egg and no “economic incubator” is going to hatch it.