I shouldn't be surprised the Nationals are screwing the District. After all, the song warned us:
Take me out to the ball game
You can't get there yourself?
Take me out with the crowd.
Gee...we have to take everybody?
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks
We have to feed you too?
I don't care if I ever come back!
Hey...we don't have to keep Metro open late!
Oh its root, root, root for the home team
How's that going?
If we don't win it's a shame
No, the shame is the way th eDC government kowtows to MLB
Oh it's one, two, three strikes you're out
Three strikes and counting, and out of how much in taxpayer money?
At the old ball game!
Showing posts with label DC Nationals. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
DC Nationals -- What DC Metro Late Fees?
If you're a group like, oh Susan G. Komen for the [breast cancer] Cure have to reimburse Metro if their events require it to open early or close later than normal, to the tune of $27,000 per hour.
But if your a major league baseball team named the Nationals don't worry -- the DC City Council has decided that the city -- i.e., taxpayers -- will pay the fees!
What budget shortfalls? What understaffed police force? What economic downturn? What axle busting streets?
And last Monday, when Metro stayed open past it's normal midnight closing to accommodate a late-ending game, how many thousands of people did we save from having to endure, oh, I don't know, arranging alternate transportation?
16.
The city paid $27,000 to give 16 people a train ride.
That's what I love about the DC City Council. They care so much. As long as you're major league baseball bent on raping and pillaging the District of Columbia. It seems Mayor Fenty and the Council are to the Nationals what Vichy France was to the Nazis.
So if you're a cash-strapped non-profit trying to find a cure for cancer and need some free help from the city, dress up your cause in something the Council will find socially redeemable Tell 'em you're not walking for a cure, tell 'em you're walking for Major League Baseball. Apparently that will open doors and the city coffers.
Play ball!
But if your a major league baseball team named the Nationals don't worry -- the DC City Council has decided that the city -- i.e., taxpayers -- will pay the fees!
What budget shortfalls? What understaffed police force? What economic downturn? What axle busting streets?
And last Monday, when Metro stayed open past it's normal midnight closing to accommodate a late-ending game, how many thousands of people did we save from having to endure, oh, I don't know, arranging alternate transportation?
16.
The city paid $27,000 to give 16 people a train ride.
That's what I love about the DC City Council. They care so much. As long as you're major league baseball bent on raping and pillaging the District of Columbia. It seems Mayor Fenty and the Council are to the Nationals what Vichy France was to the Nazis.
So if you're a cash-strapped non-profit trying to find a cure for cancer and need some free help from the city, dress up your cause in something the Council will find socially redeemable Tell 'em you're not walking for a cure, tell 'em you're walking for Major League Baseball. Apparently that will open doors and the city coffers.
Play ball!
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