My opinion is that the city is purposely dragging their feet on fixing these piers to purposely depress and drive the businesses around them out so they can buy up the properties. This is not a farfetched idea since I recall a local politician bragging about how cheap they got a hotel property for and that it wouldn't have been possible without the pandemic. People can drink the koolaid if they want to but I think all the reasons they are giving is BS. Those businesses need to team up and find out which developers are lining the politicians pockets.