George Andrews Wrote:
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> Here in the Great Grey Northwest, We the VOTERS
> Said " NO " to public funding for a new Baseball -
> only stadium to partially replace Seattle's
> Kingdome. But the Mariners ( the ONLY MLB team to
> NEVER make it to the World Series ) cried & whined
> and threatened to move elsewhere, SOOO then
> Governor Gregoire overrode the vote and gave a
> dumptruck full of PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS to build a
> new 35,000+ seat stadium for a team that draws
> MAYBE 10,000 fans per game.
> Our Tax Dollars at Work... Our Government at it's
> WORST...

The Kingdome would have made an ideal homeless center and saved the city many hundreds of millions on temporary housing and the tourists and businesses being scared away
Too bad the ignorant politicians destroyed it!