It's a free ride when you've already paid…

At the end of a long piece that basically reads like a press release for the Coaltion for Columbia's Downtown comes this four sentence kicker laced with enough irony to set Alanis Morissette straight.

Regardless, Klein expects intense debate over the future of downtown.

The coalition, he says, is working "with a wide variety" of other community groups in the hope that they will speak "with one voice."

"We have felt that one of the issues is that the citizens have other things to do," Klein says. "The developers are more focused, and the citizens are not as effective in getting their voice heard."

Where to begin?