Unmitigated gall

Ed Cone brings this snippet from a Rhinoceros Times article to our attention.

Commissioner Mike Winstead [...] said he was less excited about Arnold's revised plan than he was when the original plan was first presented. The original plan Arnold wanted included tax breaks for those who added to the tax base by building houses, apartment complexes and even additions to homes, and that no doubt had some appeal to Winstead, who is developer. However, the final version of Arnold's plan did not include those tax breaks.

"It's not going to do all that I was hoping it would do," Winstead said.

Roger Greene responds at Ed's with a comment that reflects my sentiments:

"I don't know how to embellish the 'fox guarding the henhouse' analogy any better than the fact that Winstead was enamored with a proposal that boosts his own business interest without a hint of irony, in that he never mentions the words 'recusal' or 'conflict of interest', etc."