Hotel Developer Debate Raises Questions over Austin’s Incentive Program

[ashling]

http://www.texasobserver.org/hotel-developer-debate-raises-questions-over-austins-incentive-program/

“We’re not against development and we’re not against giving incentives, we just want to make sure in the end the community benefits,” Patricia Zavala of Workers Defense Project said.

“Whenever the private sector is coming to the government to ask for assistance, the government gets to impart some things on them,” he said. “The government gets to say, ‘Fine, you can ask for it and we will consider it but you also have to provide some things in return.’”

[Eleanors38]

1. The diff between Austin's & Rick Perry's incentive program is

one promoter wears a tie-dye T-shirt.