February 10, 200917 yr vote on the new herald poll... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-n...ory/897132.html
February 10, 200917 yr The poll doesn't make any sense. The public can see the financing plan anytime they want. The entire contract is on the County website.
February 10, 200917 yr Just voted. And how about this -- why don't we all send reporter Charles Rabin emails about how he needs to write about all of us who support the stadium. He seems hell bent on ignoring the positives of this project and only talks to those against. Even today's story about the mayor's speech has a negative tone regarding the stadium. Email Rabin and let him know your willing to go on the record in support of the stadium. Tell him he needs to start doing some balanced reporting over there at the herald. crabin@miamiherald.com
February 10, 200917 yr This poll is a trap... it is designed to mislead the reader! It asks: "Should the commissioners be allowed to vote on a stadium, before the public is shown the financing plan?" YES / NO The obvious answer -- whether you support the Stadium or not -- is NO. But, as fauowls said, that's not an issue since the plan is available to the public via the usual channels. But of course, to the casual reader, an abundance of "NO" votes appears like a condemnation of the Stadium plan itself. Are there depths lower than this for the Herald to sink to?
February 11, 200917 yr Mr. Rabin, You, and all your cronies at the Miami Herald, are anti-Little Havana, anti-Jobs and anti-Miami. Posting a misleading poll a few days before the vote? All the information IS available to the constituents. The Miami Herald itself has published the full agreements on its website! If the Miami-Dade BCC votes NO on the stadium plans, then you might as well pack up and leave town, because Miami will be dead. No jobs. Decaying communities. Little Havana will become Nouveau Detroit. The Convention Center counter-proposal is the real pie-in-the-sky. Reality is that the convention business is saturated and beginning to decay. As a resident of Orlando, I can tell you that personally. Miami Ballpark may be a larger initial investment, but its return on investment will be guaranteed with a tenant that will run a minimum of 81 shows a year for the next 35 years. Also, you may have your chance to recoup some of the money when the stimulus bill passes. Something about ?shovel ready projects?, which this project definitely is. If the stadium passes, then you create hundreds of construction jobs immediately (not an exaggeration?they can begin in June), and sustain hundreds of service jobs for years to come. It also has the opportunity to be the catalyst for the resurrection that Little Havana has longed for. If it fails, then all the money spent by consumers on the Marlins flies to Tampa. And you can forget about a new MLS team. FC Barcelona and Marcelo Claure will see this as the most glaring example of the stereotype that Miami doesn?t support its sports teams, and say to Hell with you. Saying NO to Miami Ballpark will be a disaster to the city?and, Mr. Rabin, to your future as a journalist. It?ll be kind?ve hard to continue slandering sports when the Miami Herald is forced to shut down because people can?t afford to buy the dirt rag you work for.
February 11, 200917 yr http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-n...ory/898053.html another one http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade...ory/896526.html The herald has published yet another negative set of articles . They might as well come out and admit they are actively campaigning against the stadium and the Marlins
February 11, 200917 yr Author Mr. Rabin, You, and all your cronies at the Miami Herald, are anti-Little Havana, anti-Jobs and anti-Miami. Posting a misleading poll a few days before the vote? All the information IS available to the constituents. The Miami Herald itself has published the full agreements on its website! If the Miami-Dade BCC votes NO on the stadium plans, then you might as well pack up and leave town, because Miami will be dead. No jobs. Decaying communities. Little Havana will become Nouveau Detroit. The Convention Center counter-proposal is the real pie-in-the-sky. Reality is that the convention business is saturated and beginning to decay. As a resident of Orlando, I can tell you that personally. Miami Ballpark may be a larger initial investment, but its return on investment will be guaranteed with a tenant that will run a minimum of 81 shows a year for the next 35 years. Also, you may have your chance to recoup some of the money when the stimulus bill passes. Something about "shovel ready projects", which this project definitely is. If the stadium passes, then you create hundreds of construction jobs immediately (not an exaggeration?they can begin in June), and sustain hundreds of service jobs for years to come. It also has the opportunity to be the catalyst for the resurrection that Little Havana has longed for. If it fails, then all the money spent by consumers on the Marlins flies to Tampa. And you can forget about a new MLS team. FC Barcelona and Marcelo Claure will see this as the most glaring example of the stereotype that Miami doesn't support its sports teams, and say to Hell with you. Saying NO to Miami Ballpark will be a disaster to the city?and, Mr. Rabin, to your future as a journalist. It'll be kind've hard to continue slandering sports when the Miami Herald is forced to shut down because people can't afford to buy the dirt rag you work for. LMAO. you really gave it to him.
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