related to Rachel Craig? Spouses?

Don't know about that, but whoever it is, he's FLUSH! An almost billion dollar downtown development! Wow!

You might want to recount the zeros.

I'll let Rachel respond to the relationship question. Definitely not spouses; neither is John related to the Craigs of Candora Marble -- that's according to John

Stan, I kept looking for a decimal when I saw it on the front page. Made sure I had on the right glasses. Held it under a lamp for closer inspection. Yep, says $814 million, in print and online. I realize it's an error, but I found it amusing (thus the 'humor' tag).

Last nights TIF was approved, and it meets the requirements for a blighted piece of property.

Mr. Moore keeps pushing the question of "what maximum dollar amount can we give, and how many TIF's can we give".
Every peice of property has to be looked at individually to see if it meets the requirements. You can't put a dollar amount or a quantity amount on TIF's.

Mr. Moore did have one good point. In Halls there is the old Black Oak Motel site. It is a very large site that needs developing. And, it would meet blighted standards. You would have to displace a few mobile home site renters, and there may be troubles with traffic in and out of the development. But, it would qualify on blight - unlike the pasture that Mr. Graham wants to put a Lowes on.

For more on TIF's, go to...
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At any rate, it's puzzling how a copy editor or proofreader didn't think that nearly a billion dollars for a downtown cafeteria and retail shop might be a typo or something.

Not really, Randy. The KNS is sometimes number-challenged.

Larry Van Guilder

They're probably kids, many of whom don't know how to calculate 10%.

But Tom McAdams once...

Oh. Of the shoe store! Tell him I need a new set of boots.