You're celebrating that the city council voted to divert money meant for everyone's benefit to serve your self-interests, thus triggering the inevitable hat-in-hand demands for new specialized taxes to fill the gap. Perhaps now you can put down the pompoms long enough to reconcile your claim that "our economy relies on a university that is failing to adjust to skill demands in the workforce" with your contradictory contention that we must embrace urban renewal to "retain young professionals looking for good-paying jobs after they leave the university." Your answer may be at the core of why you're not earning more.

After that, please explain why downtown needs a $4 million produce stand. Or high-speed wifi subsidized by those paying confiscatory retail rates outside the district. Or why good ideas can no longer incubate in basements and garages but now require collaborative inspiration environments. Please explain how this list of goodies benefits anyone but you and yours.