So, how does the office that houses the City’s and County’s growth management AND THE BUILDING INSPECTORS for THIS building so potentially (severely?) compromise a building’s structure – AND everybody knows about it with upside down prestressed I-beams and nobody does anything about it – FBI? The companies to do the work for the City on the south side have already been (potentially) pre-selected….; get it? Who’s related to who – to ‘manage the growth’? Connect the dots.

“Look at the floor joists in the garage for goodness sake; they are all hung upside down with huge bellies in them….; more to that story)”

I understand that the joists in the Renaissance Center building are also upside down. So bad that the windows do not fit.

So Snidley, you are far to sophisticated in your analyses and just plum over-looking the obvious. Eliminate all that isn’t and what is left is what is – this is your answer.

The person who cooked up this deal is none other than the person over Police, Fire and Consolidated Dispatch (with no qualifications for this position, btw) with a salary of over $190K per year – whose husband works for Growth Management. This is the Assistant City Manager, appointed by Rick Fernandez, CYNTHIA BARBER. She sold this bag of tricks to the Real Estate Section to process for her under the City Manager’s (Goad, who BARBER promoted, btw) approval. It’s the same concept as was used to ‘revitalize’ Frenchtown with the Renaissance Center; and we know how that worked out. Pour huge amounts of City tax payer money to ‘re-value’ an economically downtrodden and high crime area; so you can spread the wealth into these areas – so to speak. Look at the floor joists in the garage for goodness sake; they are all hung upside down with huge bellies in them….; more to that story)

The clue that you missed in this game is Cynthia Barber’s quote about it not just about land value – but ……(fill in the blanks)….you have all the pieces to this puzzle…FBI; just act on it.

I realize that but still, $5.5 million?? As Snidely comments below, there are no doubt at least a million or 2 built into that figure to hand off to some of the usual suspects. Where is the FBI and their investigation?? We need a version of Donald Trump right here in Tally – only then we will ever see what’s been going on with city govt. for years.

Are there any reports, studies, testimony of experts in policing, criminal justice, or criminology that inform us that this is an effective and efficient way to lower the number of murders, rapes, property crime? Did the city commissioners or city manager consult these experts and reports?

Our biggest and least talked about problem is with recruiting good police officers. How will this new building help our city find the best in blue to protect us each day and be there for us when disaster strikes?

Without good answers as to whether this makes a real and measurable difference perhaps this money is better making sure we are truly competitive in recruiting police officers that will have our back instead of a big new shiny building and a ribbon cutting?

There are many more questions but here’s another: is the building in a flood plain?

It’s not just land. it’s property with buildings. Buildings which currently have tenants and will be making lease payments to the City of Tallahassee. These leases have value – as income to the owner or a place to conduct business for a tenant. The City will have to pay to have these tenants leave(relocate) and enable the buildings to be demolished.