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Landowners Feel Stadium Squeeze (Expos move = land seizures)
WaPo ^ | September 26, 2004 | Serge F. Kovaleski and Debbi Wilgoren

Posted on 09/29/2004 1:40:25 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative

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To: lizma

More likely between $800,000 and $1,500,000


22 posted on 09/29/2004 2:20:25 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: farmfriend


23 posted on 09/29/2004 2:34:13 PM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Make all taxes truly voluntary)
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

Why don't they use RFK stadium?


24 posted on 09/29/2004 2:44:55 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: MikeinIraq

You are talking about the slums of DC here.


25 posted on 09/29/2004 2:45:57 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: expatpat
Why don't they use RFK stadium?

I don't know about this specific case, but sports teams typically demand new facilities as part of the price of choosing a particular city.

26 posted on 09/29/2004 2:54:57 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Have you visited http://blog.c-pol.com?)
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To: expatpat

yes I am...and yes that is where they are looking too...

The Expos just cant catch a break....


27 posted on 09/29/2004 2:55:36 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (Free Republic - Only as "free" as those that post on it want it to be!!!)
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To: Hermann the Cherusker
What is wrong with the RFK stadium site?

Southeast (Anacostia excluded) is the new up-and-coming part of DC. The city hopes that putting the new stadium there will have the same effect as what the MCI Center did to its neighborhood. I'm not convinced they're wrong, either.

28 posted on 09/29/2004 4:19:29 PM PDT by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: expatpat
Why don't they use RFK stadium?

It's an old facility. I've been there for an MLS game and it doesn't have the amenities that teams are looking for these days.

29 posted on 09/29/2004 4:22:25 PM PDT by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

Your federal tax dollars are paying for it also.


30 posted on 09/29/2004 4:23:06 PM PDT by bmwcyle (I wear sleepwear therefore I think)
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To: Modernman

I meant use the RFK Stadium site, not the ancient stadium itself.


31 posted on 09/29/2004 7:20:12 PM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Hermann the Cherusker
I meant use the RFK Stadium site, not the ancient stadium itself.

The RFK site is not in an area that the DC government (and the powerful developers that have cozied up to the government) are looking to develop, basically.

32 posted on 09/29/2004 8:20:42 PM PDT by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: Modernman

It seems many on this thread are not considering the underlaying problem of the erosion of private property rights. Eminent domain is being used to beef up tax rolls around the country, and should, nay must, be stopped lest we lose other rights as easily.


33 posted on 09/29/2004 9:08:22 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost

You are at the heart of the issue.Governments in the US are running amuck and are power crazy.It's time we put the chains on them.


34 posted on 09/29/2004 9:15:31 PM PDT by taxtruth
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
35 posted on 09/29/2004 10:18:25 PM PDT by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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To: farmfriend

BTT!!!!!!!!


36 posted on 09/30/2004 3:00:35 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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