11-10-2008, 01:27 PM
Danno Wrote:I have heard the city (we the taxpayers) are subsidizing this to the tune of $12,500 a month. I support subsidizing but only for the right kind of pioneering enterprizes. As far as Mr. Herbst goes, it's a little puzzling why he has risked so much here in little ol Waukegan. He's either very brave, very stupid or very paid off to be risking so much . So far his plans for the two restaurants (Blackjack's and Jack's on the Park) have failed and for unknown reasons. Nothing was said about those failures. Why?
Even more lame is the fact that Blackjack's being advertised to the public as open for business:
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The Hyde administrations ineptness, lack of creative thinking and failure to recognize and exploit Waukegan's true assets leads to desperation and that desperation leads to compromise and that compromise leads to failure. We are on that path now and have been on that path since the Durkin years.
Why is Herbst risking so much? Well that's open to a lot of speculation. (Of course, I never speculate
) .You might also want to know why the City keeps on accomodating Herbst and his pals by allowing them to continually acquire formerly city-owned properties when they can't even make good use of their existing properties.
If someone could peel back the veneer, there is rot somewhere underneath. When an unknown speculator with little experience gets one piece of downtown property after another, with plenty of help from the City, something else is going on here. The failures, tax 'incentives', delays after delays... all by the same characters...there is something very fishy going on, and I donât mean the perch platter.