Comments on: My Letter to The Gwinnett Daily Post http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bruce http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-96438 Bruce Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:57:07 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/#comment-96438 I live 30 miles south of Albany NY. It is the State Capital and has a tick under 100,000 people. A convention center was proposed four years ago at about 205 million. Now a new proposal, more detailed, projects it at 397 million. (Care to do a contest for the final cost of this one?) And of course it will be virtually all built with public dollars. Some of it will be city, some county and most of it from the state. That is a lot of hotel rooms to fill and a lot of meals to serve to make that kind of money back. If these proposals were so good for the economy, WalMart, Warren Buffet or someone that knows how to make money would pony it up themselves! Private enterprise knows these are money pits. I live 30 miles south of Albany NY. It is the State Capital and has a tick under 100,000 people. A convention center was proposed four years ago at about 205 million. Now a new proposal, more detailed, projects it at 397 million. (Care to do a contest for the final cost of this one?) And of course it will be virtually all built with public dollars. Some of it will be city, some county and most of it from the state. That is a lot of hotel rooms to fill and a lot of meals to serve to make that kind of money back.

If these proposals were so good for the economy, WalMart, Warren Buffet or someone that knows how to make money would pony it up themselves! Private enterprise knows these are money pits.

]]> By: Greyson http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-96358 Greyson Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:13 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/#comment-96358 I wouldn't hold your breath to see this in black and white... but we can hope that someone over there grows a pair for once in their career. So have you come across anything to suggest what the Gwinnett council members would gain from this? They can't possibly be this absent-minded without focusing their attention elsewhere... maybe they're hoping that no one pays attention to the increased costs and they can run for re-election on "we brought Braves baseball to Gwinnett," instead of "we made things more expensive in Gwinnett," or maybe they're just angling for that coveted Braves executive vote, because this sure as hell is a boon for the Bravos! I wouldn’t hold your breath to see this in black and white… but we can hope that someone over there grows a pair for once in their career.

So have you come across anything to suggest what the Gwinnett council members would gain from this? They can’t possibly be this absent-minded without focusing their attention elsewhere… maybe they’re hoping that no one pays attention to the increased costs and they can run for re-election on “we brought Braves baseball to Gwinnett,” instead of “we made things more expensive in Gwinnett,” or maybe they’re just angling for that coveted Braves executive vote, because this sure as hell is a boon for the Bravos!

]]> By: Hugo http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-96338 Hugo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:07:59 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/#comment-96338 JC, Thought you might find this article about a restaurant in Gwinnett interesting as well: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15504814/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news Maybe the standards of the town are just that low? JC, Thought you might find this article about a restaurant in Gwinnett interesting as well: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15504814/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news
Maybe the standards of the town are just that low?

]]> By: JC http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-96154 JC Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:35:46 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/#comment-96154 I just sent the letter today, so we'll have to wait and see. I just sent the letter today, so we’ll have to wait and see.

]]> By: Marc Schneider http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-96152 Marc Schneider Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:23:06 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2008/03/my-letter-to-the-gwinnett-daily-post/#comment-96152 I love it JC! Did they actually print it? I love it JC! Did they actually print it?

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