Why no Newsom?So it looks as if two former mayors -- Willie Brown and Dianne Feinstein -- are going to be the chairs of a campaign for a new 49ers stadium. It's a bit odd, especially since the chief consultant to the current mayor, Gavin Newsom, is helping run the campaign ... does Eric Jaye think Feinstein and Brown play better in the city right now than his main client, who just got re-elected with more than 70 percent of the vote?
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Comments (6)
Why do we want these losers in the city anyway? Let's build something useful on their hundreds of acres of parking lots and the football team can go off and build their dream stadium in Los Baños.
Posted by Jeffrey W. Baker | November 19, 2007 05:12 PM
I've often wondered that myself, Jeffrey -- the 49ers stadium doesn't do much for the neighborhood. Football fans tend to tailgate and then split (unlike baseball fans, who have created a lot of economic development -- and gentrification -- around SBC Park.
A majority of the fans are from the South Bay, anyway. Maybe we should stop wasting time and money and just let the Niners go.
Posted by Tim Redmond | November 19, 2007 06:06 PM
It seems fascinating that Newsom does not want to get involved in the 49ers at all. Perhaps Newsom does realize how Santa Clara has stepped to the plate. Down here, the political action committee, Santa Clara Plays Fair has gone underground, while Cedar Fair has hired Solem and Associates which some people think also worked for Byron Fleck, the main shill for Cedar Fair in Santa Clara. Newsom, by the way, is facing a interesting charge before the ethics commission soon enough. Over tweleve days ago, Newsom was asked to provide documents concerning his meetings with Lennar, and he has refused to disclose them. Aaron Peskin has also refused to cooperate. Read about Peskin at www.peskinconfidential.blogspot.com
Posted by James Rowen | November 20, 2007 10:32 AM
The Niners deal for Santa Clara really doesn't sound so great. In a strange twist, the Mercury News took time off from layofs and cutbacks to do some reporting and it seems that an economic study shows it's not very good for Santa Clara:
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_7497776?nclick_check=1
And, it seems in order to lure the Niners there, the City of Santa Clara may be willing to kill affordable housing in an area that really needs it:
http://www.examiner.com/printa-1058980~Santa_Clara_affordable_housing_could_be_nixed_to_attract_Niners.html
If building a stadium is such a great idea, why aren't legions of businesses and developers rushing to invest their hard earned dollars in such a deal, instead of begging for money from taxpayers?
Posted by gdewar | November 20, 2007 06:43 PM
What is interesting is how uninteresting the last comment was.
All local businesses from Neto sausage to Yahoo are behind the Santa Clara deal.
Posted by James Rowen | November 24, 2007 08:55 PM
What's more interesting, is how the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco will not jeopardize their taxpayers, by using fabricated numbers to support NFL team owners seeking a stadium project that will actually place the city's finances at risk.
Posted by Juan Pardell | January 14, 2008 07:29 PM