Not Ready for Prime Time

A new article in the Times runs down the sides in the debate over a $21 million library bond. ... I found the last few lines most interesting: "The city has asked architects to redesign the plan, after deciding not to take the house and lot owned by Julia Maxwell. ... This means that some questions measure opponents are asking - such as how much the project will cost and how large the parking garage will be - are taking longer to answer. ... 'Much of this is what we'll be looking at in the upcoming weeks and months,' [architect] Gehrke said Wednesday, less than nine weeks from the Nov. 8 election." ... Ouch!