Comments on: ‘Build it for the Children’ and Other Highlights from the Convention Center Hotel Hearing

By: Convention Center Hotel Brings 2,000+ Jobs - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:03:01 +0000

[...] a hearing about the convention center hotel earlier this summer, job creation came up repeatedly (as it usually does—with people [...]

By: You can check out any time you like… « city block

You can check out any time you like… « city block — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:18:51 +0000

[...] City Paper has juicy quotes, too: At a recent hearing, Evans invoked images of crumbling bureaucracy and decrepit school buildings to describe the value of big money projects to the city. [...]

By: Latest on the Convention Center Hotel Bill - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:01:30 +0000

[...] Yesterday, the DC Council passed, on first review, a bill allowing the city to contribute an additional $72 million in public funding to the construction of the convention center hotel. [...]

By: Q

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:21:18 +0000

"“We are now spending records amounts of money in our school system...Those record amounts of money are generated in economic development,” Evans stated. Oh really Mr. Evans. As if we wouldn't have had to spend some of that money anyways. Our school system has shuttered schools, fired employees, etc. to save costs, so his argument seems weak at best. I'm not saying that the convention center hotel wouldn't be a boon for DC, but their (Evans and Kwame) arguments for taxpayers is neither compelling or true. The dumb thing about this is that THEY KNEW about the hotel situation BEFORE they built the New Convention Center. Why wasn't this resolved back then? Imagine the city if all of DMPED's pet projects were mostly financed by the city. We'd still be over budget, the infrastructure would still be "jacked up" and the citizens (not the transient ones) would be footing the bill all to their detriment.

By: ‘Anomalies’ Found in Trackside Controls: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:49:36 +0000

[...] Ruth Samuelson’s Housing Complex coverage of the convention-center hotel hearing yesterday. WRC-TV’s Tom Sherwood also [...]

By: Tim-DC

Tim-DC — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:25:21 +0000

San Francisco DOES have a hotel as part of its convention center -- it's across the street and has some 900 rooms. This apparently doesn't qualify as a "mega-hotel," according to Wells' definition.

By: Le Merde Petite

Le Merde Petite — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:26:39 +0000

So, when exactly did "build it for the children" come into play? It's in quotes in the headline, but unattributed in the article.

By: dcuser

dcuser — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:17:21 +0000

What I wish is that it were possible to imagine a DC without our $600 million Nationals' stadium...