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houston we got problem one of commissioners of city miami will not be at meeting she have baby that mean we could have tie that not good news old news their say we see 5-5 tie does the city of miami have only 5 Commissioner

houston we got problem one of commissioners of city miami will not be at meeting she have baby that mean we could have tie that not good news old news

Heads up the NO VOTES are increasing rapidly

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Hopefully Joe will look at the poll

wow look at the poll

Damn

http://nomarlinsbailout.com/

I expect a NO from

http://cbs4.com/local/marlins.ballpark.miami.2.930915.html

From Sarah Talalay blog "According to an announcement in Miami Today, a group called ?Coalition Against Marlins Bailout? has scheduled a protest at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, outside the county government center, 111 NW 1st St., Miami. And the Miami Herald writes opposition to the use of county hotel bed tax dollars to fund the ballpark has surfaced again from Miami Beach officials who want bed taxes used to upgrade the Miami Beach Convention Center."

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It was fun

I left the house to die. Regeneration is cool, only in dreams. Speaking of dreams, Megan Fox is pretty goddamn hot. So hot infact she gave me a gun shot to the leg and it hurt. However, after that she began to talk to me about how she absolutely loves to shoot at me. I cannot understand how she still works at Target. But her mom, a huge Trekkie, dresses as Spock making Fox jealous. She dressed as Dikembe Mutombo, eating potato chips while greatfully turning tricks. Her costume was made out of

left the house to die. Regeneration is cool, only in dreams. Speaking of dreams, Megan Fox is pretty goddamn hot. So hot infact she gave me a gun shot to the leg and it hurt. however, after that she began to

MLB Network will only be broadcast in the US Some people might be streaming it online

Hagens Berman ?

Marlins Poster! Yep im SOOOO GOING Its at 1:05 so ill have to wake him up early isnt the game at 4? Raelly that gives me an even better chance can some 1 confirm please yep its at 4:10 Im also going

If Gus makes landfall ssw of new orleans you might as well say goodbye to the The Chandeleur Islands http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2006/09/060926104518.jpg

-observation- Hanna seem to be moving due west or westnorthwest @ 6-9 mph. 10-20kts of shear ahead of hanna might keep her in check for atleast till monday afternoon. here are the steering layers http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-tim...ds/wg8dlm1.html Wind Shear Analysis http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-tim...nds/wg8shr.html

Here a link to current local news in New orleans http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html

Cuba southeast radar http://www.insmet.cu/asp/genesis.asp?TB0=P.../gpdMAXw01a.gif

000 WTNT21 KNHC 152030 TCMAT1 TROPICAL STORM FAY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 2100 UTC FRI AUG 15 2008 AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND FOR THE SOUTH COAST EAST OF SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF HAITI FROM GONAIVES NORTHWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...AND GRANMA. AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE PROVINCES OF HOLGUIN AND LAS TUNAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.5N 69.4W AT 15/2100Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 12 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1008 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. 34 KT....... 75NE 0SE 0SW 75NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 75NE 0SE 0SW 75NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.5N 69.4W AT 15/2100Z AT 15/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.5N 68.6W FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 18.9N 71.3W...INLAND MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 0SE 0SW 75NW. FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z 19.4N 74.1W...OVER WATER MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 0SE 0SW 75NW. FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 19.9N 76.5W MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 30SE 0SW 60NW. FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 20.7N 78.2W MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 60NE 30SE 0SW 60NW. FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 23.5N 81.0W MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 60SE 30SW 75NW. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 19/1800Z 26.5N 82.0W...OVER COAST OF FLORIDA MAX WIND 60 KT...GUSTS 75 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 20/1800Z 30.0N 83.0W...INLAND OVER FLORIDA MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.5N 69.4W NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/0300Z $$ FORECASTER BEVEN

293 WHXX01 KWBC 152000 CHGHUR TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE MESSAGE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2000 UTC FRI AUG 15 2008 DISCLAIMER...NUMERICAL MODELS ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE ERRORS. PLEASE REFER TO NHC OFFICIAL FORECASTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE AND SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION. ATLANTIC OBJECTIVE AIDS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FAY (AL062008) 20080815 1800 UTC

Responding to a last-minute suggestion from the Miami Arena owner that a new ballpark for the Marlins could be built on that site, Major League Baseball's President and Chief Operating Officer told MLB.com that a shift from land that once housed the famous Orange Bowl to the projected rubble of the old downtown arena would be a major setback. The $525 million deal for a retractable domed stadium in Little Havana was approved earlier this year by Miami Dade County, the City of Miami and the Marlins, who pledged a $155 million contribution. The ballpark is part of a $3 billion redevelopment project aimed at renovating one of Miami's oldest and most historic neighborhoods on the outskirts of downtown. Though contracts were expected to be signed this summer, the project has been delayed by a Miami Dade County Court. No resolution is expected soon, placing an intended 2011 opening for the ballpark in peril. "We've located a site that is optimal for the development of a new stadium. Building at the old arena site would be extremely problematic," said MLB's Bob DuPuy, who has spent hundreds of hours negotiating the current deal. "This could cost us an additional year, if not two years. Right now, time is not our ally because the Marlins' lease [at Dolphin Stadium] expires in 2010, and the arena site does not present a viable alternative to us." Twenty-year-old Miami Arena, which once was home to the National Hockey League's Panthers, National Basketball Association's Heat, and University of Miami men's basketball, is now vacant. Last week, as a Miami Dade County judge delayed ruling on a lawsuit filed against the stadium project by Norman Braman, the former owner of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, arena developer Glenn Straub entered the picture. In a phone interview with a local television station, Straub said the interior of the arena has already been cleared out and that the structure will be imploded before the end of the month. Straub reportedly said that he and his partners want to build a stadium for the Marlins on that property and that they would finance it themselves. Straub also said he wants to swap the land for the site of the demolished Orange Bowl because he has plans to develop it. DuPuy said Straub's plan is impractical for numerous reasons. "It is our view that the careful negotiations for the stadium were the product of literally years of work, among Baseball, Dade County and the City of Miami," DuPuy said. "We looked very hard at that [arena] site when we were looking at downtown sites. More land would have to be acquired. The general obligation bond of $50 million wouldn't be available, so even if the costs were exactly the same, we'd be short $50 million. "There's difficulty there with utility buildings and power lines that would have to be relocated. There's a railroad line cutting through there that would also have to be relocated. And finally, the community is committed to developing Little Havana and the Orange Bowl site, and we want to be part of that development." MLB consistently has been committed to remaining in the Miami area, and last week MLB tangibly affirmed that commitment by awarding second-round games in next year's World Baseball Classic to Dolphin Stadium. In an Op-Ed piece that appeared Sunday in the Florida Sun-Sentinel, Commissioner Bud Selig reiterated that it was important for Baseball that the Marlins remain in the community. The Marlins, with a Major League-low $21.8 million payroll, have remained near the top of the National League East standings all season. They have never won a division title, although they claimed the NL's Wild Card berth in 1997 and 2003 and went on to win the World Series both times. "The Marlins are an important part of the fabric of South Florida," Selig wrote. "If the Marlins continue on the current pace, they will draw approximately 1.5 million fans this year -- more than the combined attendance of the Dolphins and the Heat this past year. Moreover, the team's television ratings consistently rank in the top 10 of all baseball markets. "How can one forget the over 500,000 fans that attended Marlins home games during the playoffs and World Series in 2003, an average of 65,000 fans per night? I believe South Florida loves the Marlins and, with the appropriate facility, they will thrive over the long term." The Marlins are last this year among MLB's 30 clubs in home attendance, having drawn an average of 16,057 and 915,264 total through 57 home dates. The Marlins attracted a high of 3,064,847 during their inaugural 1993 season but since then have exceeded 2 million once -- in 1997. Braman's lawsuit is being heard in the Miami Dade County Court of Judge Jeri Beth Cohen, who is up for re-election later this month. The judge already has ruled against five of Braman's seven allegations and is about to rule on another, regarding whether there is a valid public purpose for the use of public funds to construct a stadium. But the final assertion -- that the global development proposal needs to be brought to a public vote -- has been delayed by Judge Cohen until at least September, when the Florida Supreme Court reconvenes and can rule on a similar case, which involves Escambia County. The Florida Supreme Court initially overturned almost 30 years of precedent by ruling that the use of property-tax dollars to pay off general obligation bonds has to be taken to a public vote. The state's highest court later agreed to rehear the case, which is under consideration. That court is now in recess until the end of the month. Thus, the clock is ticking. The Marlins have been told they must vacate Dolphin Stadium when their current lease expires at the end of the 2010 season. Because of continued court delays and a possible scuttling of the project, the team may have no place to play locally in 2011. "Foregoing another year or more of the new stadium revenues, plus the losses in the old stadium, are something that is very troublesome and something that is being carefully monitored," DuPuy said. Sports facility projects paid either in part or in full by public funds, have often been fodder for legal tests. In San Diego, for instance, the completion of PETCO Park, which opened in 2004, was delayed by more than two years because Bruce Henderson, a former San Diego City Councilmen, filed 16 separate lawsuits and appeals. The Padres ultimately shared about $150 million of the $400 million project cost, but the City Council declined to issue bonds until the final appeal was rejected. In Miami, this is the third time since Jeffrey Loria and his limited partners purchased the team in 2002 that a ballpark project, involving significant private and public money, has been on the docket. The first two times it was scuttled by the State Legislature, which wouldn't vote to involve any public dollars in the project. This time, the State was out of the process. Even before that, efforts to fund a new ballpark in South Florida have been fruitless. Loria is the third Marlins owner who has tried to resolve the stadium issue since the franchise expanded into the NL in 1993. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb

MIAMI (CBS4) ― It was the first home of the Miami Heat, The Florida Panthers, and the hopes for a revitalized Overtown area. All of those have moved out now, and within weeks, the Miami Arena is scheduled to meet the wrecking ball. It's the end of the arena, but CBS4 has learned it's not the end of hopes for sports crowds on the edge of Overtown. Developer Glenn Straub says he still holds hopes that the Florida Marlins could locate home plate of a new Marlins stadium right in the middle of the land where the Heat once trod the boards. "We can be ready for 2011 if somebody gets going right now," Straub told CBS4's David Sutta in a wide-ranging conversation Friday. Straub has been the owner of what has become Miami's biggest pink elephant since buying the facility, built for more than $50 million in 1988, from the city for $28 million at a 2004 auction. That gave Straub a piece of Miami history at about $50 cents on the dollar, but now he says he wants to sell it back to the city as the site of a new Marlins stadium. It's just 5 acres in size, but Straub thinks that's plenty of room. "The renderings are already done," he told CBS4's Sutta. The Marlins, Miami-Dade county and the City of Miami want to put the new ballpark on the patch of dirt left by the demolition of the Orange Bowl, at the edge of Little Havana. A lawsuit has tied that plan up in the courts, and with the Marlins facing a 2011 deadline for having a new home, the clock is ticking. Straub sees his land, and his plan, as a clean break. The Palm Beach County developer said not only will he sell the city the land, he stands ready to finance a large part of the construction cost. "The only thing I can tell you is that we have the money and cash and we can prove it and finance it ourselves," he said. Like virtually every part of the Marlins' saga to find a home of their own, there is a catch. Straub said he'd want the Orange Bowl site, a potentially very valuable piece of land, in return. He hopes to build a soccer stadium and a horse center on the site. He thinks the city, the county, and the team need to take a hard look at his offer. "Everyday they wait," he said. "It's gone up probably another $100 million dollars over the last few years, and they are still discussing things." Even though he has his own proposal, Straub said he still backs the city's plan for a stadium at the Orange Bowl. He just wants the powers that be to know if that deal is called out at the plate, he has their back. "If they want to do it, fine," he said. "If they don't we we're going to continue to keep looking at the deals that are coming in on the table." http://cbs4.com/marlins/marlins.orange.bowl.2.785995.html