…and the horse you rode in on December 11 2007
Yes, I know that Don Barden is a businessman only in a sleazy Vegas way and yes, I know the new casino in Pittsburgh is a feel-good government boondoggle masquerading as economic development, but the cojones on this man!
Casino owner won’t heed ‘ridiculous’ design request
On the eve of groundbreaking for his $450 million casino, Don Barden said yesterday he won’t make any more changes to a controversial parking garage being built behind it, and portrayed those opposed to the garage as “obstructionists.”
In an interview, Mr. Barden rejected as “absolutely ridiculous” a request by the Pittsburgh Civic Design Coalition to postpone today’s ceremony until design issues are addressed. He called it “another attempt to derail us based on false impressions.”
He also assailed the Riverlife Task Force for its criticism of the 3,800-space casino garage, including an opinion piece with renderings that ran in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which he described as “outrageous,” “insulting” and “distorted to try to influence public opinion.”
As greasy as it makes me feel to root for Don Barden, I am thrilled that somebody–anybody–is standing up to the myriad pressure groups who agitate in the name of “openness”, “fairness”, and “transparency” when all they really want is things done their way or not at all.
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