Neil Bauman says "Today is D-day for my vision of Main and Clinton" Neil Bauman Blog Post 7/1/09

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Hello All,

Today is D-day for my vision of Main and Clinton. I have been invited to a City Council Executive session to discuss and present my alternative plan for the corner of Main and Clinton today. The Council’s decision will decide the fate of downtown. I will abide by their decision. The Council has ALL the power now. Poor Maggie and Mike Powerless can only watch and wait. They must be very nervous! After all, this is one group of people that is not “in the tank” for the County Manager, the RGRTA, and the RBTL. That means we have a great chance of winning our battle. This meeting is not open to the public. The reason I got for the closed session was real estate transactions and finances could be openly discussed. A lot of that information could be very personal.

The good thing here is the discussions can be a lot more open and frank without the media recording every word. I would prefer the media was there. I am completely transparent, and welcome the press always. There could be some very personal issues discussed at this session. Especially from some of the other property owners. I promise I will report via this blog, my interpretation of how the session played out. I still urge any and all of you who support my plan, to call your elected officials and tell them how you feel. Especially the Council members. We need a majority of 5 votes out of the 9 members. If there is a 6 or more vote majority, the decision is final. If it is only a 5 out of 9 vote, the Mayor can veto. For some strange reason I don’t trust the Mayor. So, in my opinion, we need at least 6 votes from the Council. I am very confident that the Council will exercise common sense, and give my plan a fair look. If they do, we should prevail.

Talk soon.

Neil