Save the Center Article RSS http://www.savethecenter.org Save the Center Article RSS feed. . Save the Center http://www.savethecenter.org/tresources/en/images/icons/tendenci34x15.gif http://www.savethecenter.org no Copyright 2005, Save the Center Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@savethecenter.org Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:49:07 GMT Articles http://www.savethecenter.org/en/art/42/ <p>Not Exactly a Win/Win<br>by bigjolly | 04/24/2007 8:23 am | Alert moderator </p> <p><br>Houston Mayor Bill White has finally loosened his choke hold on The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation. Rather than kick them into the street so that his developer friends could grab the property, he&#8217;s decided instead to shake them down for &#8220;only&#8221; $6 million dollars. And the Chronicle considers that to be a win/win.</p> <p>The residents are not the only beneficiaries of the deal, which appears to be a winning proposition all the way around.</p> <div>Winning proposition all the way around? Right. Let&#8217;s do the math. The center has to divert $6 million dollars from providing much needed care. The city gets $6 million dollars so that Bill White can purchase more commemorative plaques to give to such deserving people as ...</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div align="center"><a href="http://lonestartimes.com/2007/04/24/not-exactly-a-winwin/" target="_blank"> <div align="center">Click here to read entire blog&gt;&gt;&gt;</div> </a></div> <br><br>24-Apr-07 9:00 AM Not Exactly a Win/Win <p>Not Exactly a Win/Win<br>by bigjolly | 04/24/2007 8:23 am | Alert moderator </p> <p><br>Houston Mayor Bill White has finally loosened his choke hold on The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation. Rather than kick them into the street so that his developer friends could grab the property, he&#8217;s decided instead to shake them down for &#8220;only&#8221; $6 million dollars. And the Chronicle considers that to be a win/win.</p> <p>The residents are not the only beneficiaries of the deal, which appears to be a winning proposition all the way around.</p> <div>Winning proposition all the way around? Right. Let&#8217;s do the math. The center has to divert $6 million dollars from providing much needed care. The city gets $6 million dollars so that Bill White can purchase more commemorative plaques to give to such deserving people as ...</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div align="center"><a href="http://lonestartimes.com/2007/04/24/not-exactly-a-winwin/" target="_blank"> <div align="center">Click here to read entire blog&gt;&gt;&gt;</div> </a></div> no http://www.savethecenter.org/en/art/42/ Tracey Lee Wallace Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:00:00 GMT