Comments on: Round One: Posturing http://www.welovedc.com/2009/03/25/round-one-posturing/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don http://www.welovedc.com/2009/03/25/round-one-posturing/comment-page-1/#comment-6223 Don Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:28:15 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=11000#comment-6223 You're talking about DC, I'm talking about what I predict PG County's elected officials will do as this rolls on: initial hemming and hawing over a significantly lowballed figure and subsequent whole-hearted support. I doubt a stadium project in history has failed to start out with a ridiculously low initial figure, I just figured I'd use the National Ballpark as an example since it's near and dear to our hearts and wallets. You’re talking about DC, I’m talking about what I predict PG County’s elected officials will do as this rolls on: initial hemming and hawing over a significantly lowballed figure and subsequent whole-hearted support.

I doubt a stadium project in history has failed to start out with a ridiculously low initial figure, I just figured I’d use the National Ballpark as an example since it’s near and dear to our hearts and wallets.

]]> By: fedward http://www.welovedc.com/2009/03/25/round-one-posturing/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 fedward Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:38:29 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=11000#comment-6221 These aren't really the same, though. Mayor Tony was so afraid he wouldn't get a team that he forgot (or ignored) that he was supposed to be negotiating in good faith on behalf of the District, and walking away was never an option to him. MLB was negotiating in good faith on behalf of MLB and took advantage of him and us. The soccer stadium isn't that sort of issue. Sure, Fenty overplayed his hand with Poplar Point (not that the plan wouldn't have ended up collapsing anyway with the bond market the way it is), but I think there are cooler heads all around this time. These aren’t really the same, though. Mayor Tony was so afraid he wouldn’t get a team that he forgot (or ignored) that he was supposed to be negotiating in good faith on behalf of the District, and walking away was never an option to him. MLB was negotiating in good faith on behalf of MLB and took advantage of him and us.

The soccer stadium isn’t that sort of issue. Sure, Fenty overplayed his hand with Poplar Point (not that the plan wouldn’t have ended up collapsing anyway with the bond market the way it is), but I think there are cooler heads all around this time.

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