Although the editorial suggests that the race should be decided on issues still to be debated, it comes out strongly for Sen. John McCain and makes the case that voters know all they need to know about the candidates based on the two candidates’ running mate selections.

Obama, in picking Biden as his running mate, cleaved himself to conventional Democratic partisanship, complete with fealty to its major factions. McCain, in sharp contrast, even more clearly identified himself and his campaign as being about reform and not being of and for Washington.

Tuesday’s vote allows the city government to borrow up to $8.95 million to pay for the center, demolishing Expo Pool and creating a new park next to the center.

That debt would be paid off with property tax revenue. Retiring that debt is estimated to cost the owner of an average Fort Dodge home valued at $70,000 about $43 annually.

The center will be built on about 23 acres of land donated by Tom and Norma Schmoker, of Fort Dodge, near the intersection of 32nd Street and 10th Avenue North.