You may see a slowdown in the progress of those projects. Just because of the cost, and money's tight.
That's also a several-phased project. Phase 1 is that E Street portion, then I think two phases after that include coming up G Street. It's a question of, can we afford it? We've got pretty good road needs out there. It might be a tough sell to some of those communities -- that, "By the way, we can't do your road this year because we're putting in heated sidewalks." And then I see they're putting canopies up over here on F Street. The goal was to be able to walk from the (new) convention center to the PAC or to the Egan Center, and not have to be in the elements. And that's all good. But again, the city is going to prioritize, and if you've got roads falling apart they're going to be fixed before amenities are put in.
Q. What do you think of Mayor Claman's proposal to put the sexual orientation anti-discrimination proposal on the ballot as a charter amendment next spring?
A. It's clearly become a community-wide debate. It might not be a bad idea to let that community debate be settled at the ballot box.
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