Too often in life, people take for granted those things which surround them on a regular basis. An example would be the air we breathe day after day. While most of us are likely to admit air is important, it would be difficult to find two people who would come to the same conclusion on the specific worth of air. Finally, someone is doing something about establishing the value of thin air.
The City of Mesa has placed a value of over $100 million on the concept of a new spring training facility and they would like the taxpayers of Mesa to fund this idea. Because there is no site for the development and because there is no design for the development, voters this fall are being asked to imagine what $100 million will buy. While they are at it, the voters also need to dream about the value of the adjacent commercial real estate development known as “Wrigleyville West”, because no one knows what that may look like either. Getting behind this project requires a substantial amount of faith in a notion lacking any substance.
Between now and the election, a dollar well spent would be renting the baseball fantasy movie Field of Dreams. Before anything meaningful transpires on the screen, a location for the ball field was chosen. What did the screenwriters know that the Mesa politicians don’t?
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