Lansing-East Lansing, MI Development

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I would guess that announcement should happen this year, no? I have no doubt we'll get federal funding. My worry is that a portion of gap financing will need to go to voters and there's a decent chance of them voting it down. But I really don't know. This town still surprises the hell out of me all the time. We'll vote 'no' on a millage increase to help the budget keep pace with dropping property values and lose a ton of police officers, but then vote yes on the Ingham County Health Plan millage increase. We'll spend money hand over fist on incentives packages for private developers with no ROI for the city and then turn around and sell public park land to developers to make up for the shortfall. This town has, albeit slowly, declined for about 45 years now, so it has this build-it-at-any-cost mentality when it comes to private development. It's the total polar opposite of how development happens in Ann Arbor, so maybe we will build this thing after all LOL. And with Snyder trying to up the gas tax and fund transit, maybe they'll see the state kick in some funds.