Friday, January 20, 2006

Monte Says Pull The Plug On Five Rivers

On Thursday night Cheryl Hentz and I interviewed Common Council candidates Kent Monte, Mike Domke, and Michelle Bogden for an Eye on Oshkosh show that will have its initial airing on Monday, January 30th at 7 p.m. on Oshkosh Cable Access Channel 2. (In Oshkosh it will also air the following Thursday at 1 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m.).

In response to a question about the Joan Rivers, er, I mean Five Rivers Resort, Monte said that given the fact that the developer did not secure financial commitments by the January 16th deadline, the time to pull the plug on the project is now. To my knowledge he is the first candidate to call for pulling the plug on the project based on the developer's financial situation as reported in Thursday's Northwestern.

Candidates Domke and Bogden supported giving the developer and the city a little more time to work out the finances. But each said they would support pulling the plug if the financial situation is not resolved in the very near future.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If you pull it I assume you have a Plan B? I would love to hear the plan of the next developer. Could you elaborate?