It's not equitable, it's not just and it's not fairly applied.

Stringent requirements will kill the IDA policy.

You end up with price ward and fare competitions and just general nastiness.

We need to be looking at 'what do we want for downtown?'.

It's a way for us to define what values and goals we feel are most important for the downtown area.

We went to Paris and Pisa and Venice and Florence, all over Europe. The first few months were hard, but it was a good experience for the kids.