He also asked, “Have the names of said investors been made known and revealed to the public? If not, why not?” Does Mr. Perkins really not understand how business works? Investors can and normally do have a multitude of reasons to not publicly release. (Ex. other projects they are working on, any other businesses they may be involved in, a confidentiality agreement, a non-disclosure agreement, marketing purposes <you coordinate publicity, especially the free king, not randomly releasing information to the public that has no real benefit.

Perhaps Mr. Perkins does not eat out, does not shop or have a wife that shops, enjoys looking at forcing all visitors to look at the dilapidated blight upon first entrance to Starkville, doesn’t like bringing jobs to the area, doesn’t like an increased tax base, doesn’t like encouraging visitors and local residents to shop here as opposed to mall trips to Tupelo, Jackson, Bham, Tuscaloosa and beyond and basically has showed us his vision for Starkville. We do need alderman that have some sort of business sense and vision. Truly if Mr. Perkins does not see that investing in Cotton Mills is investing in everyone in the Starkville community, then the only two possible conclusions to come to are: 1) he badly misunderstands business
2) He doesn’t consider himself a member of the entire Starkville community.

What’s with the “city owned” convention center? Who would run it? I don’t get that part of the Cotton Mills project. What will it cost to run the convention center? How long before we see a profit? Robbie – enlighten us on this, please!