This is why Ardmore/Dranoff should have been fully private. The government should not be in this business due to the conflicts of interests as well as government inefficiency as a business entity.

All the government should be doing is protecting the interests of the people in regards to how the residents want their community to be.

Developers will come and all the development in the world can get done without taxpayer money/government grants. When the government stays out of the development business it also puts aside the government concept of getting things done no matter what and at any cost - all to the detriment of taxpayers. Then, of course, no government development can be allowed to fail, so if it struggles it costs taxpayers even more.

As I said - there is no shortage of developers looking to make a dime. The government should only act as an intermediary for the citizens to ensure proper development takes place in a manner the citizens want. If any development then fails the onus is on the developer and not the taxpayer. Other businesses are also not hurt with special taxes and surcharges as in the above Lancaster example.

I shortened the quoted section of that other article to about a 1/5th of what was originally quoted.

Seriously, you cannot keep quoting large parts of someone else's story like that. It goes way beyond what is considered "fair use". You only need to quote the first few paragraphs at the very most. Anyone who wants to read more of the story can click the link and do so.