Tear down this mall

Here’s another story from earlier this week. Republican mayoral candidate Bill Todd’s “Tear down this mall” demand:

He said he meant “tear down” rhetorically; his plan won’t necessarily include razing City Center.

Oh. It was just to get attention then: I didn’t mean that. I just said it!

Todd offered no specifics for his City Center plan beyond saying he thinks the mall should remain an entertainment and shopping area….

He also said he’d move to seize control of the mall through eminent domain, if need be.

Yes, because Republicans love Keloesque government land grabs. I think this is a sop to presumably Democratic downtown urbanists. I doubt many of them would consider voting for a Republican in any case. And why bring it up if he has the barest of ideas himself? I’m calling this one a misfire.

Also at Right Angle Blog.

And P.S. I don’t know if it’s just my particular poorly installed Windows arrangements, but I consistently have difficulty with the Quicktime videos on Todd’s site. Apple’s always wanting me to download something else so I can play it, and I hate Quicktime and it’s insistence on running in the background and taking over everything. Use Flash like YouTube for god’s sake. In fact, just use YouTube.