More blood, toil, tears, and sweat, Bretón
Bretón’s column today concerning the brouhaha around the City’s plans to subsidize a mermaid bar on K Street punts big time.
Bretón shrewdly points out that the controversy arises from a “a neighborhood skirmish,” namely, Midtown restaurateurs don’t want the City subsidizing their competition.
But instead of exploring the very interesting question of whether there is a zero sum game between the business prospects of Midtown and Downtown, he gives us the tired Mayor-Johnson-must-now-be-tested-in-a-crucible routine.
I seriously doubt Bretón is so naive that he believes the fate of Sacramento really rests on whether or not Kevin Johnson can summon the proper Churchillian resolve. He is probably filling space with empty rhetoric like the rest of us.
But the Bee’s column inches aren’t some dippy blog (not yet at least). They are valuable media real estate, and they ought to be filled with worthwhile analysis.
