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How many Republican candidates and authors pitching their latest writing were welcomed to TV? How much did it cost to get them here? Who eventually paid their bills? How many people did they draw from the outside? Were these Republican candidate and authors subject to attack or risk? Did the TV liability exposure increase with their presence? It would take an excess surplus line insurance company to cover these events. Who eventually paid these huge premuims? Who benefited most and gained worldwide exposure from the televised poltical events of these world renowed personalities.

Do you suppose Mark Morse said to them " If you want to campaign or have a book signing in TV 50% of your proceeds have to go to the Moffitt Center? I think not.

In reviewing the original posters article did you even get a hint from the Developer, of this is an important event and we can manage it with the following changes........? Or did it end with a rejection Moffitt contribution proposal?

I do not have a personal like or dislike as relates to the Developer. To me its all about business and if you look closely at many of his transactions a repeating theme emerges from the 2003 Bond Issue v IRS, to Freedom Pointe, Moffitt Center and right down to even moving bison and more. Its more than just an attempt to maximize profits, its the detached attittude Suffice is to say we have paid more than we realize for the priviledge of "The Village Lifestyle". So we better enjoy it.

One more item it is beneficial to all of us to be able to speak our minds and to have different points of view. It has proven benefical for instance to have people who are optimistic and those who are pesstimistic. Both types fit our needs Optimists fill a need of what can be accomplsihed but in their enthusiasm often lose sight of the pitfalls and it is pestimist who tread carefully looking out for those thins that would cause our failure. so when I read a response to the effect of "if you don't like it move out" it leaves me to wonder. Thank God he made us all different.