As if to say "Like a cheap whore (i.e. most women) we're totally out to suck on the penis of anybody with a billion dollars" the Star writes a love letter to Lamar Hunt today. The opening paragraph of this story reads more like a biography than news.
The 73-year-old Hunt stayed 19 hours at the Lathrop & Gage law firm until almost 5 a.m. Tuesday. He then headed to his Arrowhead Stadium apartment for a 90-minute catnap before returning before 8 a.m. to complete the lease negotiations between the Chiefs, the Royals and Jackson County.You can be sure that the Star employees were there throwing rose pedals in his path as he made his way to the meeting.
Just before noon, with his cane in hand, Hunt arrived at the Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Kansas City and took command of a jubilant lease-signing ceremony.
The article continues to "report" the lease agreement in glowing terms but the point of the story is this:
The signing meant legislators could call an April sales-tax election to overhaul the county-owned Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums - and they did that quickly Tuesday, the deadline for putting items on the ballot.Which is to say that all of this manufactured hype by the Star means virtually nothing. This thing was pushed on the ballot at the last minute because local politicos don't want to give anybody a chance to voice concerns over the sweetheart deal they have handed to our two local loser sports franchises. Additionally, it won't matter that much when the people of Kansas City vote the thing down because there is no way anybody in Jackson county could justify spending more than half a billion dollars to line the pockets of David Glass and Lamar Hunt. Look around at our schools, roads and the increasing violence in our neighborhoods and tell me this money is best spent making sure that we have a couple of mediocre teams who will never win a championship.
And ultimately, the teams will leave this town. But KC voters shouldn't feel guilty about this because it's the fault of every Johnson County fan (vampire) who didn't vote for bi-state funding. The fact that we have throngs of fans who live outside of County lines but still want broke ass Jackson County to pay for their entertainment is not only disgusting but also the biggest example of white welfare that these Republican freeloaders would not dare acknowledge. So let the teams leave . . . I'm sure all of the blonde skanks in this town can find other Black guys to smack them around. The only people who will miss our local losing teams are the County officials who seem to be at their mercy and the employees of the Star who have never met an ass of a billionaire that they didn't want to kiss.
Tony, not sure about the Royals but it would be "bad business" for the Chiefs to leave KC. Not only would the NFL hate to lose the fanatical KC market -- the Chiefs are sit at the top of season ticket sales and are in the upper third of merch profits every year -- but it would hit St. Lamar where it hurts the worst: his pocketbook.
ReplyDeleteYou have more faith than I do, Tony. The people of this lame city passed the Indigent Care referendum, which paid twice for the same services...you know, the ones that were already budgeted, but the money had been squadered by City Hall. Ah, no big deal...more taxes! Besides, you have to know the drill by now: If we do show remarkably good sense and vote this turd down, they will continue to bring it up for referendum until they finally find a poorly-enough-attended date (August is good) where it finally passes. Another side note here...Katherine Shields is not a billionaire, (though she and hubby Phil Cardarella seem to do pretty well) however the Star has had it's lips surgically attached to her fat ass for years, despite her continuous lies and scandals. Still, as I've said before, my favorite aspect of this is how the Star insults our intelligence by lauding a deal that will "keep these teams in KC" until whatever 2000+year. Pro teams break existing leases with all the consternation that we toss out old toothbrushes. They can still leave anytime a better deal comes along, and they just pass along the buyout costs to whatever sap city wants them.
ReplyDeletehear, hear.
ReplyDeletei could *contemplate* the improvements tax: but i'll burn with the devil before i vote for a rolling roof.
Yep, Phoenix bought out the Cardinals lease in St. Louis, as did Oakland with the Riaders move from L.A. if I remember correctly. I think the funniest part of all this is how the Royals, after spending zip over three straight seasons, suddenly try tossing a few dollars in for one or two washed-up players with a semblance of name recognition, just in time for this vote.
ReplyDeleteTony, before you line your birdcage with it, read today's Yael Abhoukalah column. You have to admit that he has now officially dethroned Steve Penn as the Star's Lamer-in-Chief. He ponits out a zillion reasons to oppose the stadium clusterf-k, then, probably sweating and convulsing from nearly opposing a frivilous tax, he concludes that we just need to pass it for the helluvit. It's classic Star-think.
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