City releases garage costs - No on R

If the City Council gets its way, Walnut Creek taxpayers will be on the hook for a $16 million garage that will tower 35 feet over Civic Park. ... So much for any reasonable plan for preserving Civic Park. The only way to stop this monstrosity is to join me in voting No on Measure R. ... The sprawling garage complex will take up three times the square footage of a new library, and ruin Civic Park for the next generation. ... Note also that the City has yet to put these horrible details on its Web site, apparently content enough to let the Yes on R spin doctors mislead voters about the true impacts of passing a $21 million tax measure in the Nov. 8 special election. ...