What Do You Think about the Future of Downtown Phoenix?

I recently attended a talk/discussion regarding the future of Downtown Phoenix. Jon Talton and Grady Gammage were the guest speakers. It is interesting to hear the differing opinions of people regarding this subject. I appear to be at the far end of the spectrum, totally optimistic about Downtown. But there are plenty of people at the other end of the spectrum. For instance, a gentleman at the meeting was quite angry about the tax dollars going into it and questioned why we needed a downtown in the first place. What do you think?