h1. Moronic opposition to Promedica's plans to build an HQ in downtown Toledo

--(my jan 6, 2015 toledotalk.com comment)--

toledoramblingman "wrote":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/186388#186396 

bq. _"Majority of *+other+ downtown workers* around the U.S. do not expect parking right in front of their building."_

Which is why it's silly to compare Toledo to other cities, in my opinion. Residents in this area want to park close to their destinations. That's life around here.  That mindset won't change. 

From the Jan 4, 2015 Kushma "opinion":http://www.toledoblade.com/DavidKushma/2015/01/04/ProMedica-and-Promenade-Park-Let-s-have-both.html

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ProMedica executives insist that building the garage on that site is an essential element of the development. They cite what they call the need to *ensure the +safety+ of the company’s employees,* some of whom work at night.
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From that same Kushma piece, Senior U.S. District Judge James Carr expressed a moronic viewpoint:

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He dismisses the safety concerns ProMedica expresses as a “sham and pretext ... *I often attend events* downtown at nighttime, park on the street, and have never felt threatened or unsafe in any way.”
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Attending a few or even several events downtown is not even close to the same thing as going to work at the same time each day, five days a week, 45 to 50 weeks per year.  Predators rely on patterns of behavior. Hopefully, the judge is smart enough to realize that a person walking alone presents a different target compared to someone walking among dozens or hundreds of people at an event. 

The alleged safety issues might be a misplaced concern to some,  but if many of these employees are coming from locations outside Toledo, then it's obviously an important issue to enough people.   I don't see Promedica changing their plans about parking.

Maybe the opponents to Promedica's plans should have started a business and grew it to thousands of employees, and then they could have obtained the clout to do what they want on that land. Right or wrong, that's business. 

It might be easier and cheaper for Promedica to buy a soybean field in northern Wood County or western Lucas County and build their own campus-style setup with green space, a pond, walking trails, etc. On their campus, they could probably operate their own small stores and eateries to satisfy their employees.