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[DC Baseball] Stupid, Fat Woman single-handedly kills the Capitol's bid for Expos

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by DCkid, Dec 15, 2004.

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  1. MadMax

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    totally agreed!!!! i definitely want to adopt this statement. please don't think that I think we made a bad deal. screw development..we kept the 'stros!! that was job one in my book.
     
    #81 MadMax, Dec 17, 2004
  2. RocketManJosh

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    No Doubt ... And that is fine ... DC had every right to back out of the deal if it was legally possible ... BUT why does MLB deserve to get bashed on this for moving the team to Northern VA, Portland, or Vegas. They have just as much right to do that as DC did in changing the deal. So people in DC need to b**** at their local government rather than MLB for not having a team.
     
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  3. Colt45

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    Um, the deal was signed. And guess who was screaming the loudest in her brand-spankin' new Nats cap at the press conference to announce the signing? Yup, Linda Cropp. She agreed to all of this before any announcement was made. She's now claiming that she didn't realize, at the time, that the city was on the hook for that much money. Why didn't she know this? By her own admission, she never read the agreement. Plainly and simply, she's either a liar or incompetent.

    I respect the fact that she wants some private funding for the ballpark, but this is an issue that should have been raised months ago. She never said a thing about it until the agreement was made and announced. That's why MLB is refusing to negotiate now. The negotiations are over, compromises have been made. DC signed on the dotted line and now she doesn't want to live up to the deal she agreed to.

    Guess what Linda Cropp's future plans are? Running for mayor of DC! And she'll run on the platform of "The Lady That Saved DC From Gentrification!" And odds are good she'll win...and be the most ineffectual mayor in history because she's proven that her word is absolutely meaningless.

    You really have to have lived up here and witnessed it to understand exactly what a stunning piece of deception this has been. With the exception of Mayor Williams, nobody was more vocal or visible than Cropp during the whole affair with MLB. Her refersal at, literally, the 11th hour came out of nowhere. Her plan the entire time was to set up the deal for the sole purpose of scuttling it, just to furthre her own political career.
     
    #83 Colt45, Dec 17, 2004
  4. MadMax

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    how could the deal be signed when the city council still hadn't voted their approval? there was a plan in place that had yet to be fully approved...yet to go through all the channels. at least, that's my understanding of it.

    Josh -- i don't disagree with anything you wrote. mlb will have to move..the only demonization is the general demonization associated with all pro sports that rely on public subsidy. some are very much against that, just in general.
     
    #84 MadMax, Dec 17, 2004
  5. DCkid

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    YAY!

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../20041221/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_expos_washington

    Deal Made to Save Expos Move to Washington

    By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press Writer

    WASHINGTON - District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos (news) to Washington back from the brink of collapse.

    The District of Columbia Council was to move Tuesday on the measure, which was agreed to following negotiations among Mayor Anthony A. Williams, D.C. Council Chair Linda W. Cropp and baseball officials.

    The compromise plan for the 41,000-seat ballpark along the Anacostia River, south of the Capitol, allows private financing and splitting the liability for cost overruns and missed construction deadlines evenly between the city and major league baseball, Williams spokesman Chris Bender said.

    Williams' office will keep the council informed on all private funding proposals it receives. In return, Cropp agreed to drop a provision she inserted last week that would void the deal if the city couldn't find a private donor to pay at least half the construction costs.

    Baseball officials were optimistic that the plan would meet their expectations. If a financing law is in place by Dec. 31 and baseball commissioner Bud Selig declares that arrangements are satisfactory to have the team play at RFK Stadium in 2005, the franchise would move to Washington and be renamed the Nationals.

    "We remain hopeful that the council will pass legislation consistent with the stadium agreement so we can move forward with the Nationals in D.C.," said Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, who negotiated by telephone from New York.
     
    #85 DCkid, Dec 21, 2004
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