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VaderTower t1_irydks8 wrote

Reply to comment by WendyArmbuster in Beaver Road? Buc-ee's petitions city for street named after its mascot by [deleted]

No Bucees isn't paying for MODOT on/off ramps. Bucees was announced and debated earlier this year. The on/off ramps and MODOT approval would have taken at least 2 years to plan, and execute.

So I can confidently say any work MODOT is doing is 100% unrelated to Bucees.

Tax deferral might or might not. The thing is, without tax deferral, we wouldn't get Bucees. Strafford might, Joplin might, etc. By giving a tax deferral we don't lose any money, so I fail to see the downside for the city.

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WendyArmbuster t1_iryzk44 wrote

If everybody is attracting business by giving tax deferrals, then we are all losing that money.

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VaderTower t1_irzsgrk wrote

If we could all act with a collective mindset you would have solved game theory.

You're not wrong, but the dynamics are more complicated, and we have to act as rational actors as we expect others to.

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