Even better, just dam the creek and create a giant lake in your backyard.

Assuming I haven’t read the RFI is a problem I see with your point of view.

It clearly is a request for information about building a self-contained Second Life-like environment modeled after the City of Decatur. Am I missing something?

All of the practical ideas I read in the proposal (videos of meetings, for example) can be accomplished using less expensive, less proprietary methods.

Just because no money has been spent yet doesn’t mean it’s too soon to say it’s a dumb idea. If people don’t criticize these programs when they’re just dumb ideas, they end up being dumb, expensive programs that cost them money and offer little or no benefit later (see: paying for parking meters by cell phone).