Cordish honcho bitches at city officials

By DAVID MARTIN

David Cordish, president of the company that operates the Power & Light District, is furious that the Sprint Center lacks an anchor tenant and is pleading with city officials for more police.

Cordish sent an e-mail to Mayor Mark Funkhouser yesterday demanding that the city put on a “show of force” after a shooting in a Power & Light parking garage over the weekend. “VISIBLE POLICE PRESENCE IS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL WAY TO REASSURE PEOPLE AS TO THE SAFETY OF AN AREA,” Cordish writes in the e-mail, using capital letters for emphasis. “IN ADDITION, THE POLICE SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR TO ALL GANGS THAT THE DOWNTOWN IS AN AREA OF ‘ZERO TOLERANCE.’”

Cordish goes on to complain that the city-owned garages have lacked adequate security since they opened. Cordish tells the mayor that his company pleaded to manage the garages when the Cordish Co. and the city negotiated the development agreement. (Kay Barnes was mayor at the time.)