Hotel Carbuncle

Sure, the Polk County Convention Center lost money every year. That tab was picked up by the taxpayers.

And yes, turning that building into a Conference Center caused it to lose even more money.

And it's true that the Wells Fargo Arena loses over a million dollars a year, which is paid for by Polk County taxpayers.

Naturally, in order to protect the county's "investment" (...groan...), taxpayers should pony up another $28 million to build a giant hotel which will compete against all the non-taxpayer-subsidized hotels in downtown Des Moines.

Circular firing squad, commence fire!

Better yet, try to get the tube back into the box:



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