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Originally posted by Bob Hannah
Mark Fisher of the WP was just on with Tony Kornheiser. He said there are two votes, hopefully, today. Tha $300M cap vote and then the vote to sign the lease. If Linda Kropp thinks the votes are not there for the lease then she may pull the lease vote. Kropp was heard screaming at her staffers yesterday that it time to stop delaying the vote, a good sign on the theory that Kropp will be seen by the voters as the person that saved the District money and brought baseball to DC, so she is raedy to move forward.
Five council members are firmly no and 5 are firmly yes. Two swing votes seem likely, I don't remember the names. If there are 7 votes then others would likely vote yes since they do want to be seen as the deciding vote.
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Originally posted by Bob HannahThe latest is only the emergency legislation will be voted on today, not the lease bill itself.
Not a good thing. Arbitration here we come.Last edited by Bob Hannah; 02-07-2006, 11:29 AM.
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Another tidbit...
This gets more interesting all the time... this is from the Mayor's office site-
http://www.dc.gov/mayor/news/release...842&mon=200602
News Release for Immediate Release
February 7, 2006
Mayor Williams Questions Consultant
(Washington, DC) Mayor Anthony A. Williams issued the following statement today upon learning that the lawyer hired by the D.C. Council had previously worked against the District getting a baseball team in the first place. The Council paid Louis Cohen an undisclosed amount to advise Councilmembers on baseball; Cohen earlier worked for the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority, which fought to keep the Montreal Expos from coming to DC.
“This is a shocking conflict of interest,” Mayor Williams said. “How can the residents of the District of Columbia trust the advice of a lawyer when his previous work was on behalf of Northern Virginia? It’s a blatant and inherent conflict - especially now that Cohen, and others at Piper Rudnick, have encouraged the Council to take actions that could jeopardize the fragile deal to keep the Nationals in DC.”
Williams added: “I assume the Council was unaware of this conflict of interest. A decision this important should not be left to a firm that sought to build a ballpark in a cow pasture in Virginia.”
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Originally posted by Bob HannahI may have hold off on the chicken little rhetoric. I didn't hear it myself, but a source says WTOP radion reports anti-stadium councilman Adrian Fenty says he believes the nine votes are there for spending cap legislation. If so, that could mean the lease is voted on today, too.
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Originally posted by Bob HannahThis gets more interesting all the time... this is from the Mayor's office site-
http://www.dc.gov/mayor/news/release...842&mon=200602
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Real life is stranger than fiction. Virginia back in the mix?
:radio WTOP's lead story at 1:00pm leads off with Virginia's new governor, Tim Kaine, has stated should the District not get their act together, then he would be interested in talking with Baseball about placing the team there. There has been no contact yet with MLB regarding this.
Unbelievable. It was only 18 months ago Virginia decided not to pursue a team, citing fiscal responsibility. Placing the team in D.C. was predicated on promise Mayor Williams could deliver votes needed from the city council. To that point, Virginia at times was deemed to be frontrunner in the relocation process. Unbelievable.
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There is one thing that is crystal clear. Linda Cropp and Adrian Fenty are concerned with the number of votes they can milk out of this for the next "mayoral" election. Their concern for the people of the "district" is laughable.
And P.S., no offense to Northern Virginia, it would just take too long to go to games for me. Having a downtown ballpark is appealing due to Metro access and stuff to do.Last edited by Uncle Dak; 02-07-2006, 11:19 AM.
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Originally posted by Uncle DakAnd P.S., no offense to Northern Virginia, it would just take too long to go to games for me. Having a downtown ballpark is appealing due to Metro access and stuff to do.
Virginia ballpark legislation died over a year ago. Kaine was formerly along side past governor Mark Warner in rejecting ballpark funding in 2004. Maybe this latest will spur the D.C. council to act. Not likely, but it can't hurt...I think.
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Originally posted by Uncle DakThere is one thing that is crystal clear. Linda Cropp and Adrian Fenty are concerned with the number of votes they can milk out of this for the next "mayoral" election. Their concern for the people of the "district" is laughable.
And P.S., no offense to Northern Virginia, it would just take too long to go to games for me. Having a downtown ballpark is appealing due to Metro access and stuff to do.
Eddie Cunningham (who can't bear to watch)20 20
Finally---something Nats and Birds fans can agree on!
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