tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post112679617267342281..comments2023-10-14T10:01:55.094-05:00Comments on Ramblings by Joe Frank, urbanist: A Bigger ZMD?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14185823164539776639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1126808014314247732005-09-15T13:13:00.000-05:002005-09-15T13:13:00.000-05:00All good points. I am concerned about the role of...All good points. I am concerned about the role of Better Family Life, in particular. They've been talking about this cultural center for years, with little to show for it. Admittedly, I don't know what's happened behind the scenes.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, it's up to the voters to decide whether they like this idea. We'll see what happens. I suspect if it does pass, it won't be by a huge margin.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185823164539776639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1126807820111853122005-09-15T13:10:00.000-05:002005-09-15T13:10:00.000-05:00MOBOT isn't free except the times mentioned, but t...MOBOT isn't free except the times mentioned, but the Garden does charge less admission to City and County residents living in the ZMD.<BR/><BR/>Why doesn't this group of proposed additions first seek out other funding sources just as non-ZMD institutions have for years?<BR/><BR/>The non-inclusion of the Black Rep shows how narrow this new grouping truly is as representative of African-American Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1126802703639191102005-09-15T11:45:00.000-05:002005-09-15T11:45:00.000-05:00Well, the voters in both the City and the County w...Well, the voters in both the City and the County would still have to approve this, so I wouldn't exactly call it "open[ing] the flood gates."<BR/><BR/>I would support adding the Black Rep to this particular group. As for the City Museum, it's a for-profit now. So is Fox Associates.<BR/><BR/>Laumeier is already partly funded by St. Louis County itself. In fact, I think somebody several years Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185823164539776639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1126798951908322452005-09-15T10:42:00.000-05:002005-09-15T10:42:00.000-05:00So now we open the flood gates to any and all inst...So now we open the flood gates to any and all institutions to this tax. Why not also the SLSO, the Fox, the Rep, the Black Rep, the City Museum, the Magic House, Laumeir Sculpture Park? Where does it end?<BR/><BR/>Locals pay this tax in part to attend things like the zoo and science center for free or at least reduced rates for city and county residents. Will these added recipients at least Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com