Tampa Bay Rays Donated To Ken Hagan

Tampa Bay Rays principal owner, Stu Sternberg, donated $1,000 to the 2018 re-election campaign of Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, the county's biggest cheerleader for a new Rays stadium in Tampa. 

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We all know Mr. Hagan well. He wants to use public dollars to finance a new home for the MLB club.

New Rays Stadium In Ybor City?

Ken Hagan sald that somewhere with easy downtown access like Channelside or Ybor City would be prime candidates for the new ball park.

No Baseball fans here, but we think that is a great idea. He does not mention who would pay for it. more

Is Hillsborough County About To Take It Deep?

Since the spring, the Rays have been working behind the scenes with

 Ken Hagan and Bob Buckhorn, They have yet to discuss 

stadium financing. here

MLB Hillsborough County Has No Money For New Stadium

 Read how GW Bush  and The Texas Rangers got their Stadium built.
Financially, the Rangers deal was basically about real estate. By getting the city to build them a new stadium, Bush and his partners increased the team’s book value from $83 million to $138 million. This required convincing the city’s taxpayers that they would lose the team if they did not pay up for the stadium. To raise the $191 million it would cost to build the Ballpark at Arlington, residents were asked to add a half cent to what was already one of the nation’s highest sales tax rates. According to attorney Glenn Sodd, W.’s group helped egg along Arlington by leaking a story that Dallas was competing for the team and had offered to build them a stadium. “We found out that this was untrue. Sound familiar?.... more>

Beware of Ken Hagan and Mayor Bob, they are about to stick it to us.

Slave Labor At Buccaneers And Rays Games

Our great Commissioner Kevin Beckner 

will ask for a federal investigation of 

New Beginnings of Tampa, 

a homeless charity that sends its impoverished residents to work unpaid at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Rays games. he will contact U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor to try to prompt an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.  here 

Au Revoir Rays

We hope you freeze your ass off 

and you better learn French.

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NO Rays Stadium In Tampa On Taxpayers Dime

$100 million bond to help pay for a stadium

Hillsborough County officials will begin laying the groundwork next week for discussions with the Tampa Bay Rays about a possible new stadium site on the east side of the Bay. GOP Ken Hagan and Mayor Bob 
are leading the way. here
Remember Bush and The Rangers here 

Fuck The Tampa Bay Fox Affiliate

Soon after the Tigers announced they were receiving pitcher David Price in a trade Thursday, a Tampa Bay TV station took a swipe at Detroit by tweeting an image of the abandoned Packard Plant next to 
a picture of a sunny beach.
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Tampeños Say No To Corporate Welfare

according to a survey they say tax dollars should go toward solving the homeless problem and improving transportation not building ball parks for MLB.  Don't listen to Mayor Bob and Ken Hagan, if Pam Iorio runs again Mayor Bob will be looking for a new job. And Hagan's political career is over. Read Mitch Perry's wonderful piece here 

No Corporate Welfare For Rays

A new poll of 584 registered voters in Tampa finds little support for using taxpayer money for a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays.  The poll, from StPetePolls.org and commissioned by St. Petersburg political blogger Peter Schorsch, asked whether taxpayer dollars should be used to help pay for a new Tampa Bay Rays baseball stadium in Tampa, 55.9 percent of respondents said no, 36.4 percent said yes and 7.8 percent were unsure.....more>

Don't let Mayor Bob fool you, remember Bush and the Rangers?

Financially, the Rangers deal was basically about real estate. By getting the city to build them a new stadium, Bush and his partners increased the team’s book value from $83 million to $138 million. This required convincing the city’s taxpayers that they would lose the team if they did not pay up for the stadium. To raise the $191 million it would cost to build the Ballpark at Arlington, residents were asked to add a half cent to what was already one of the nation’s highest sales tax rates. According to attorney Glenn Sodd, W.’s group helped egg along Arlington by leaking a story that Dallas was competing for the team and had offered to build them a stadium. “We found out that this was untrue..... more>

Just Say No To Rays Stadium In Tampa

Corporate Welfare For MLB, Billionaire Owners and multi millionaire Players!
Leaders split on using downtown Tampa tax for Rays ballpark. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's staff caused a stir 18 months ago when they said the city might be able to generate $100 million for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium from downtown property taxes. That could go a long way toward helping to pay for a potential $500 million or $600 million ballpark.

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As i mention in my post on Feb. 8th, Remember what happened in Arlington, Texas.

Tampa Is Not An Option

After throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Friday's Tampa Bay Rays game against the New York Yankees, Tampa Mayor Bob said if the Rays are allowed to look elsewhere, “we’ll be ready.”
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As i mention in my post back on Feb. 8th, we have no money over here for the Rays or MLB. Mayor Bob was cought up in the moment and just talking poop. We are not Miami-Dade or Arlington, Texas. If you get it on the ballot it will be defeated.

Take The Train To The Ray's Games

The Mass Transit Factor

Rays fans across Tampa Bay are excited about Opening Day on Tuesday, but most are less excited over the prospect of more debate about the need for a new baseball stadium. Is there really any hope for a new home for the Tampa Bay Rays? There could be, if everyone would focus on successful stadium projects that have been built elsewhere. The modern era for baseball stadium design and location began with Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore in 1992. Since the construction of Camden Yards, 21 new major league ballparks have been built. Among the great ones: Progressive Field in Cleveland and Coors Field in Denver. Among the losers: the New Comiskey Park in Chicago and perhaps Turner Field in Atlanta. What separates winners from losers? Consider three important factors that characterize successful ballparks:
• They were built as part of an overall development plan.
• They include neighborhood integration.
• They include a mass transit factor.
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Ybor City and Channelside come to mind. Let The Rays build their stadium without taxpayers money and the city and county can build trains to it.