The Davis Square Community

As far as I can tell, that was all based on a survey the city specifically commissioned to look at the suitability of several sites for supporting a hotel. I didn't go back and try and look at meeting minutes to figure out why the city commissioned the survey in the first place, but it certainly wasn't asking the relevant question: "What is the best use for this piece of land?" From the outside, it looks like someone in government just decided that they wanted a hotel there, hence "anti free-market."