[Diver Dave]

"Our primary objective is to expedite the cleanup and transfer of the shipyard so that we can create the public benefits the property holds, and one of those is the possibility of creating a stadium for the 49ers," said Newsom's base reuse director, Michael Cohen.

Let me see if I've got this straight... San Francisco/Newsom have a public employee whose job it is to aquire military bases in the city/county of San Francisco. Probably pay him $100,000 plus per year to write these memos.

Who do these people think they are? ... Congressmen?

Another absurd waste of taxpayer $$$.

[tcrlaf]

Let San Fran BID for this property in an OPEN ACUTION process, like everybody else....

Once cleaned up, this is MEGA-DOLLAR land!!

[ReignOfError]

Let me see if I've got this straight... San Francisco/Newsom have a public employee whose job it is to aquire military bases in the city/county of San Francisco. Probably pay him $100,000 plus per year to write these memos.

That wouldn't be out of line. In my post #71 I get a little into the challenges involved and the importance to the city -- we're talking tens of millions of dollars worth of real estate and thousands of jobs. Just dealing with the Presidio alone is a full-time job for at least five years. And the Pentagon is a unique beast, so a specialist would do the job better than a generic urban planner.