I'm sick of PDX Residents over AAA Beavers

[barfo]

Blasphemer! That's akin to tearing down Boston Garden or Yankee Stadium!

Well, then we should at least turn it into a ruin, like the Rome Colosseum. The bombed-out remains of the MC would be a more interesting attraction. And it would still work fine as a memorial.

barfo

 

[Spud147]

Well, then we should at least turn it into a ruin, like the Rome Colosseum. The bombed-out remains of the MC would be a more interesting attraction. And it would still work fine as a memorial.

barfo

Before we light the fuse... can I have a little piece of the court to remember it by?

Also, I hear the Colosseum is now over run by cats (they can survive anything)... I've got a starter cat to donate. She's extremely loud and obnoxious but she's got the looks to make up for it.

 

[barfo]

Before we light the fuse... can I have a little piece of the court to remember it by?

Also, I hear the Colosseum is now over run by cats (they can survive anything)... I've got a starter cat to donate. She's extremely loud and obnoxious but she's got the looks to make up for it.

The Memorial Cat-i-see-um.

barfo

 

[Spud147]

The Memorial Cat-i-see-um.

barfo

Is there an unrep button for poorly executed pun?

 

[barfo]

Is there an unrep button for poorly executed pun?

Is my rep power -239492838488193949?
Then I guess the answer is no.

barfo

 

[julius]

Blasphemer! That's akin to tearing down Boston Garden or Yankee Stadium!

Jumping point:

I find it incredibly odd that people consider the MC a great architectural piece. It's a box.

If they can tear down Boston Garden, Chicago Stadium, Comisky and are in the process of tearing down Yankee Stadium, all of which had significantly more history than the MC, they can tear down a glass box.

 

[Spud147]

Is my rep power -239492838488193949?
Then I guess the answer is no.

barfo

Lucky you because that pun was a cat-astrophe!

 

[barfo]

Lucky you because that pun was a cat-astrophe!

Well, cats the way it goes sometimes.

barfo

 

[yakbladder]

Ah yes, the rallying cry of the uninformed.

Please show me a quote or article or anything that talks about raising taxes to pay for anything related to remodeling PGE Park and relocating the Beavers.

I'm so sick and tired of all the ignorant "NOT IN MY BACKYARD" Portlanders. It's no wonder we're creeping up to 15% unemployment here, with so many unimaginative, run-screaming-from-progress people in this town.

-Pop

You're right. They weren't going to raise taxes, they were going to use tax money that was already taken. You know,that community improvement money.

By the way, soccer fans. PDX is not soccer city. It's basketball city. Soccer is merely a play-thing for some.

 

[SodaPopinski]

You're right. They weren't going to raise taxes, they were going to use tax money that was already taken. You know,that community improvement money.

So, building a first-class baseball stadium cannot be an example of "community improvement"? There's a reason why that money is called "urban renewal dollars." And that money was already there.

Please give me an example of other shovel-ready projects that would create jobs and bring people to an area, helping local businesses and citizens. Theoretically, that's what urban renewal money should do ... prop up the area and raise financial viability and property values.

-Pop

 

[maxiep]

So, building a first-class baseball stadium cannot be an example of "community improvement"? There's a reason why that money is called "urban renewal dollars." And that money was already there.

Please give me an example of other shovel-ready projects that would create jobs and bring people to an area, helping local businesses and citizens. Theoretically, that's what urban renewal money should do ... prop up the area and raise financial viability and property values.

-Pop

Urban renewal dollars should only be spent on positive NPV projects. Otherwise, it's just throwing good money after bad.

 

[yakbladder]

So, building a first-class baseball stadium cannot be an example of "community improvement"? There's a reason why that money is called "urban renewal dollars." And that money was already there.

Please give me an example of other shovel-ready projects that would create jobs and bring people to an area, helping local businesses and citizens. Theoretically, that's what urban renewal money should do ... prop up the area and raise financial viability and property values.

-Pop

It brings temporary jobs to an area where a stadium needs to be constructed. After that you get some security guards, some popcorn dealers, and a whole lot of other issues.

And that money was already there

My point exactly, it IS tax money that's already been taxed.