“City Creek and the Choices of Thrift”

Since the subject of alleged Mormon neglect of the poor and the needy has again been raised, ironically fueled by accounts of Mormons helping the poor and the needy in Louisiana, the venerable issue of “The Mall” has also (predictably) resurfaced.  What kind of “church” would build a mall?  Shouldn’t that money have all gone directly to the poor?

My former student Nate Oman took a calm, reasoned, grown-up look at this issue back in 2012, and it seems to me a good time to remind people of what he had to say:

http://www.timesandseasons.org/harchive/2012/04/city-creek-and-the-choices-of-thrift/