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Message: [QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 947648, member: 322"] I don't think she's strong by any means. Weak in the sense that she's not very savvy at all politically. If all she needs is $16MM for infrastructure improvements, I can absolutely guarantee that she would have had more leverage and control if she allowed the stadium to push forward. It would have been much easier for her to negotiate to get $16MM in additional funding in order to support the stadium. The stadium would only compound sewage issues in the city and it's a 3% hike in the budget for the proposed stadium. Much more palatable when not on its own. By the way, it seems really odd that the city cannot get private developers to pony up portions of that $16MM needed as a proffer on new developments in the city limits. Seems she is far to short sighted and down at the granular level instead of managing the whole situation from a 5,000 ft. level. [/QUOTE]