Anyone who knows anything about this knows that the Rialto Theater is a Tucson landmark and something the city can be proud of. Seems clear enough that the DTDC just wants to make it a profit center. The right thing for them to do would be to encourage and assist the current management to "keep the tide rising", to use Mr. McCrary's analogy. DTDC could then benefit from the rising tide through its development of the surrounding parcels. Any other result would be a blow to Tucson and its unique culture. In my view, the developer should be happy to have such a great asset in the middle of their redevelopment area. The City should see to it that the developer's greed does not win out in this case.
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