"...Finally, planners caved in to developers who insisted that small-box retail made no sense at the site. Instead, the city has persuaded Ikea to build a 280,000-square-foot store on the site and hopes to attract at least one other big-box store (though not one headquartered in Bentonville). Apparently, cheap Asian-made goods sold by a Scandanavian retailer are more politically correct than cheap Asianmade goods sold by an Arkansas retailer. Though Ikea will deliver purchases to any customers who arrive by light rail or stow their bikes in one of the mandated 75 bike racks, the store expects most of its customers to use one of its 1,200 parking spaces. 39 garage. ... "

I peeled this out of a Policy Analysis, written by Randal O'Toole, titled, "Debunking Portland, The City That Doesn't Work", dated July, '07. Would this be one of the, 'box stores', that Councilman Adams, 'stood up to'? JT, would you care to site a specific statement in my comment that you don't agree with, or that you would like to argue? No? Not one? Just name calling? That's it, that's all?

Bush league, holmes. I mean, I'm working on my blog this morning, and I still found time to dig up something relevant, here. Off of the top of my head. Just like that. AND it addresses a SPECIFIC issue in your post. See how it works?

What, I can't have an opinion different than yours, AND, support the LGBT&Q (The, 'Q', added is the updated parlance. Show some sensitivity to the issues, would ya?) community? According to the extension of your own logic, I should just hurl insults, is that it? Puhleeze.

The LGBT&Q community has support coming out of the woodwork. I'm simply suggesting that investing tax-payer resources in an attempt to use the City Attorney's office as a monkey-wrench is irresponsible. Furthermore, why the militant stance on this particular issue? I applaud Councilman Adams' candor regarding his lifestyle. That does not mean that I won't be inclined to point out a possible conflicts of interest. "He said it, I didn't.", comes immediately to mind.

Stick to the issues please. If you would care to join the burgeoning ranks of the dedicated, 'Vance-haters', in town and call names, feel free to visit my blog to do it (There is a link right there). That way we're not wasting valuable space on Councilman Adams' blog, k?