living in a town with no soul

Some time ago I posted a photo of the beautiful, historic Calvary Baptist Church building in what used to be called "downtown" Clearwater (before the merchants defected to the outlying malls). The property was sold by the Baptists for an enormous "mess of pottage" ($15 million worth) and the City, which does not have an historic preservation ordinance, is allowing the site to be developed as high-rise condos. The ugly follow-up to that story is that the building has been destroyed. The demolition of this building is further evidence that everybody has decided what our city council is, and that what passes for "government" is merely haggling over the price.