Summary
Lee Bass, the public face of Brandon's business community, has quit Renaissance Brandon in a very public dispute with Mayor Dave Burgess over the direction the organization has taken. Given that its "No. 1 priority" (as identified at the mayor's "downtown summit" last year) was to facilitate the creation of a "destination venue" in the downtown area, we would have thought Renaissance Brandon would be leading the charge for a downtown casino. Burgess also supported the city manager's decision to forbid Economic Development Brandon (another group that at one time was supposed to be "arm's length" from city hall) from doing research about the potential economic impacts of a casino.
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Just How Long Is This Arm?
"CentreVenture is a model that Brandon should explore to make the most of opportunities in our downtown. CentreVenture already has a structure in place that we can learn from."
- Mayor Dave Burgess on Renaissance Brandon, June 15, 2007."T...See the full content of this document
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