Yeah. I must admit that I was pretty worried about the whole Ford Center Tax thing passing. I think the fears were due to two things:
1. Apparently all 27,000 people who voted “No!” tried to post a comment in defense of Wanda Jo Peltier.
2. I figured that I probably jinxed everything when I was actually quoted in a Seattle-Times article regarding the vote.
Anyway, now that the tax has passed, I am relieved. I am relieved that the whole NBA thing is pretty much out of our city’s hands, and that if Seattle doesn’t screw things up, that we will eventually have our own NBA team complete with our own cheerleaders freshening up in new-and-improved locker rooms. I am also relieved to know that Wando Jo will have to continue to spend $6 on every $600 she spends at Christie’s Toy Box or Sam’s Club or Los Tacos.
I will go ahead and take credit for the victory this evening.
Call me odd, but I am actually curious about why Wanda Jo chose those specific figures. Why the effect on $600 of groceries? Because, technically, she could have said $10 on every $1,000 of groceries or $1 on every $100 and been just as accurate–based on my grasp of math. For me and my family of three, $600 is about three months worth of Wal-Mart runs. So, the scenario I have seized on is that Wanda Jo actually spends $600 on groceries every week because her all pro runningback son plays pick up football in her back yard and invites all of his friends to stay for dinner.
Don’t you know? Wanda Jo surely spends at least $600/week on groceries for the poor, at least that is what she’d like you to believe.
A victory for the “kidults”, now maybe Steve H will disappear into obscurity and we will never hear from that tool again.
I wonder if Wanda feels like her paint has been peeled, bound and gagged by the side of road. This I assure you is my personal “raisinette”. Fighting for the “rights” of others that don’t want them is a grim task.
Cheers OKC visionaries; yes to bitter old folks moving to Shreeveport.
One question: If having a NBA team is so good for a state, why did Seattle let them go? Are they tried of making money? That last question was a joke.
Forgot to state that I live in Norman so the vote does not effect me directly. So I could careless.
You could care less? So how much do you actually care? Seriously, I want to know.
Maybe Seattle let them go because they have already paid for two other big league sports venues. If they start packing boxes for the Mariners and Seahawks, give me a call.
The NBA has trouble competing in markets that also host Major League Baseball and NFL teams. That has been evident in New Orleans where the Saints sold out the season quickly after their return from Katrina and the Hornets (despite one of the league’s best records) have been at or near the bottom of the NBA’s attendence standings all year. The struggle has been even more pronounced in Seattle where the Sonics, despite being the city’s first major professional franchise, have been lapped in popularity by the Seahawks and Mariners, culminating in the voters rebelling when the Sonics requested better facilities (the MLB and NFL teams both have brand new publicly funded stadiums). So, that’s one part of it, the other is that Seattle can lose the Sonics and still have plenty of professional sports options, which put them in a situation to play hardball.
Actually, it does not seem like Seattle is letting them go. They have a court case this June.
It is also apples to oranges, they have two other franchises.
There’s a difference between holding them to a lease and trying to keep them. The lawsuit could actually be construed as evidence that the city has actually conceded the team is eventually leaving. One generally doesn’t try to poison a relationship they intend to maintain for awhile. This lawsuit is like filing divorce papers, and going to trial is akin to contesting how the assets are split.
o0x!!! big man!!! quoted in the Seattle paper!!! you’ve got your big boy pants now!!!
my group, the omaa spent $875 to bring a pulitzer winning nyt writer to town, spoke in multiple venues..educated many. He wrote me saying it was one of the most fulfilling weekends he’d had in many years..quite an experience with nice people and good times.
Anyway, your astroturf group buddies at citizens for a big league city spent $3500 dollars for a 30 second spot on a reality show featuring a bunch of dummies that look like they go to lifechurch eating bugs.
What a waste that was, but stay tuned more waste to come.
Can’t wait to see you in person you little pathetic “look at me as a southpark character” kidult..
Steve-
A YouTube for you:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MnfigQ43EjE
OMAA: old meatballs against achievement?
The gin blossoms? Thats the musical equivelant of “hey look @ me as a south park character”
show your face, ill be the living shit out of you.
“ill be the living shit out of you”
That’s pretty funny that you would admit to being a piece of shit.
I’m a resident of Seattle and a rabid sports fan. I have season tickets to the Mariners, Seahawaks, Tacoma Rainiers and before this season I’ve been a proud season ticket holder for the Sonics going on five years. As a seattle sports fan I can say that most people in Seattle are horrible sports fans. BUT…we are not to blame. In addition to being a sports nut, I own two sailboats, a personal aircraft, three pairs of skiis, a surfboard, an REI lifetime membership which allows me to climb any mountain within the state of WA at any time (except during the spring thaw, which would be suicide). I say that to say this: Seattle fans are pretty horrible because sports is the last on our list of personal recreations. I love the Sonics and I hope the people of OKC can give them a new home with the best fan base in the NBA. OKC could use a major sports town and Bennett seems like he really wants to deliver one to you. Good for him and you, OKC. There are easily a few hundred guys/gals who could easily buy another team, so this lawsuit is nothing more than pride. Pay no attention. And good luck guys!
You think surfing and mountain climbing is more fun than riding four wheelers on dirt tracks and noodling at a man made lake?