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> The person at most fault for the failure of the Seattle Commons is Paul Allen. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft asked voters to approve $250 million in new taxes to build the park. During the second Commons campaign Allen made $1 billion during a stock rally on a single day.

This is extremely dishonest reporting. So what that he made a billion in a single day? He probably also lost a billion some other day...

If he didn't make a billion in a day, would he not be at fault for the failure?




The implication is he probably could’ve self-funded it himself, but chose not to.




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