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Massachusetts

Fortinbras Armstrong

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5. Some years ago, the owners of the Chicago White Sox

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 08:10 AM

Jul 2015

Told the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois that unless they built a new stadium for the team, they were going to move the team to Florida. The city and particularly the state knuckled under and spent millions on a new stadium and gave the White Sox a sweetheart deal on the rent. A few months later, the public schools went to the state and asked for more money, but were refused on the grounds that there wasn't any.

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Without promise, Marty Walsh won’t sign Olympic contract [View all] unhappycamper Jul 2015 OP

That's taking responsibility over applause and fanfare, after the TPP Olympic Commitees will be orpupilofnature57 Jul 2015 #1

Good for him, more cities need to start doing this. A Simple Game Jul 2015 #2

Some years ago, the owners of the Chicago White Sox Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2015 #5

How does a city board and/or state legislature justify that kind of thinking? n/t A Simple Game Jul 2015 #6

The Red Sox and Patriots both tried the same thing some years ago MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #7

He's an idiot for lobbying to have the Olympics in Bstonnto begin with. CentralMass Jul 2015 #3

I hope he sticks to this. We don't want this boondoggle! Paper Roses Jul 2015 #4

The GOP wants this--Baker is all over it like a cheap suit. MADem Jul 2015 #8