Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has decided to spend $1 million in federal grants — money that had been avidly sought by residents of Skid Row — to instead help out San Francisco–based Gensler, a 2,800-employee giant that enjoyed $463 million in revenue last year. — laweekly.com
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good grief. this is just wrong.
conservatives love to bemoan the redistribution of wealth when it gets redistributed down. but this one of those situations where *i* resent the 'redistribution' of our tax monies: it's being 'redistributed' up!
not that it's unusual, i'm sure...
i know that we didn't get any help with the cost of relocating our office.
that's classic. Good to see huge Arch. firms getting into shafting taxpayers out of their money like their AEC brothers.
On a side note, of all the talented arch firms in L.A. and Cali in general, why oh why did the city pick Gensler for its new stadium?
'the city' didn't pick shit. It's an AEG/ICON Ventures project, and Gensler had already done work at LA Live. Not the most interesting choice, but why the fuck would any one expect something above and beyond?
Sorry appleseed, guess i just thought higher of L.A....
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