Linda W. Cropp
Posted on 12/17/2004 4:44:05 AM PST by 7thson
Linda W. Cropp, the newly fashioned woman of the people, is drawing kudos from certain corners of the city, which is understandable.
That is not the work of a populist. That is just another politician motivated by self-interests.
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It is tribal politics. All DC has proved by this incident is that it may be a great national capital, but it is a minor league city. The city government is so famously incompetent, that I cannot imagine MLB thought it could strike a deal with DC that would ever be honored.
Cropp suckerpunched Walter Williams last month by tring to site the stadium at RFK, rather than on South Capitol Street (which is a more sensible site in every respect).
Anyone know what happened? Did she win that battle?
not inconsistent at all: She is against the prosperity that the stadium would bring AND against the prosperity of the mall.
Linda W. Cropp
The proposed site for the stadium was on the waterfront in Anacostia. Cropp and others did favor putting it near RFK, but that proposal was pretty well shot down. The area around RFK is largely residential, and you really wouldn't want to put another stadium there. The Anacostia site is ugly industrial (asphalt plant, auto salvage yard, gay bar, etc.), and there is plenty of land around it for parking, restaurants, parks, etc. It would be a real plus for the city, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen.
Baseball is doing the right thing here.
Debating the merits of the stadium is one thing. I can accept some folks might have a problem with that. However, negotiating in bad faith is something that should never be tolerated.
When it comes right down to it, the only winner in the mess that Cropp's antics will create is Peter Angelos.
Of course, slip of the synapses.
Well, at least they got the Anacostia site. That's much better than RFK, where no one would really want to go.
As for Cropp, her actions reek of someone angling for dollars.
I'm no expert, but it seems that most cities build stadiums in the municipal interest and to make the city more attractive. In other words, stadiums are a municipal function, not a private investor function.Baltmore's Camden Yards is a great example. It's been nothing but an asset for downtown Baltimore, the Inner Harbor, and that entire section of the city.
If she's not on the take, Cropp ought to have her head examined.
Nonsense. Big business facilities (e.g. sports stadia) are certainly private investor functions.
DC just spent many millions of dollars to build a new convention center. Will it make money on the center? Probably not. But the center will bring businesses and business travelers to DC. They stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, ride in cabs, go to the theater, etc. The city and its residents profit from all of this, plus it gives the city a certain buzz or cachet -- it means the city is "a player."
Ball parks do the same thing. A ball park and a major league club says something about your city and puts you apart from the wannabees. I hesitate to say this is a defining moment for DC because that sounds so pompous, but maybe it is. DC has announced that it is not in the same league as a New York or a Phildelphia or a Boston, or, God forbid, even a Baltimore. It is certain that it will be the proverbial cold day in hell before MLB ever thinks again of putting a team into DC.
Check the stroy at the link below. It gives some interesting insight into the real opponents of the Anacostia Stadium site.
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?sid=365294&nid=25
List the privately financed stadiums.
I don't know what's going on down there right now, but it sounds like its generating enough cash to satisfy Ms. Cropp.
Indeed; that's another example of the failure of socialism.
But the center will bring businesses and business travelers to DC. They stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, ride in cabs, go to the theater, etc.
It is the job of private industry to build the attractions that induce people to spend their money.
A ball park and a major league club says something about your city
Yes, that they're suckers (unless they got it built as it should be built, by private investment, as in the PacBell case).
I hesitate to say this is a defining moment for DC because that sounds so pompous
DC (of all places) may be the city to start a trend against sports socialism.
It is certain that it will be the proverbial cold day in hell before MLB ever thinks again of putting a team into DC.
Fine, as long as they extend this refusal to Virginia -- the taxpayers here don't want to buy them a new toy, either.
No insight there -- I already know that honest business is opposed to government whoring at taxpayer expense.
Do you get that knowledge straight from the saucer, or does it filter through trusted intermediaries before it gets to you?
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