Santa Clara Plays Fair: Aldyth Parle does NOT support 49ers initiative!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Aldyth Parle does NOT support 49ers initiative!

Breaking news! Live from Santa Clara City Council!

Councilwoman Aldyth Parle has clarified her position. Ms Parle had previously appeared to support the 49ers' astroturf ballot initiative. She has now explained her intentions. Due to an illness in the family she missed some council meetings, and was not aware that Council was on track to put a measure on the ballot. She only agreed to support the initiative because she was led to believe that it is the only way that the voters will have a say. Now that she is aware of the facts, she wants her name removed from the list of astroturf supporters.

4 comments:

Lorin Guy said...: Who is "Santa Clara plays fair" I've been looking for some group who opposes the 49ers and Santa Clara boards idea, I can't find any??
This groups has no way to contact them? Is there an organized groups that is working to STOP the 49ers??
Jeez I can't believe you think you can stop this action without getting the WORD OUT! Why is it so hard to FIND YOU???
Lorin Guy
loringuy@comcast.net; January 22, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Anonymous said...: OK, we give up! You found us!

Seriously, though, the fact that you're posting on one of our blogs is proof that it probably wasn't that hard to locate us.

"Santa Clara Plays Fair" always pops in Google - even if you just search "stadium santa clara opposition."

Search for us by name, and we're all over the place; we've been at this since August of 2007.

As for contacting us, our homepage lists email, snailmail and 'phone contacts:

http://www.santaclaraplaysfair.org/
(Just punch "Contact Us")

Thanks for writing, and please keep visiting the blogs and the homepage (links below).

So - may I add you to the Membership list?

Regards,

William F. "Bill" Bailey
Treasurer, Santa Clara Plays Fair

http://www.santaclaraplaysfair.org/

http://www.santaclaraplaysfair.blogspot.com/
http://stadiumfacts.blogspot.com/

-=0=-; January 22, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Anonymous said...: how can i get a no to stadium sign? please email me at nmd408@gmail.com

thanks; April 4, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Anonymous said...: For yard signs, call us at 1-877-703-4300.

Best regards,
Bill Bailey, Treasurer

-=0=-; April 5, 2010 at 3:05 PM

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Welcome!

We are a grass-roots coalition of Santa Clara citizens and interested organizations who oppose the City of Santa Clara's subsidy of a stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. We seek to prevent the use of public assets or indebtedness to build or operate a professional football stadium in the City of Santa Clara.

Our city has long deferred more important projects. We believe that Santa Clara should not tax its citizens, increase its debt, or allocate land or any other valuable assets to build a stadium.

Our concerns include:

Public expenditure of at least $287,000,000 in cash, property, and other assets. This equals to a per resident cost of over $2,500.

Less than 10% facility utilization: The stadium will be empty most days, earning no money for the city.

No Comparison Shopping The City's own consultants, Keyser Marston Associates, concluded in their report that a hypothetical office building would generate 5 times the fiscal benefits to Santa Clara, while requiring no subsidy from the taxpayers.

Little, if any, direct return on investment. Most economists and studies that have addressed this issue and most cities who have funded sports stadiums agree that there is little benefit and often adverse financial impacts in underwriting new stadiums.

Reduction in our municipal power reserve fund. Building on the proposed site would require the city to relocate or reconfigure an electrical substation on the property, an expense not required for utility needs. Spending $20,000,000 on this unnecessary project would reduce our municipal power reserve fund.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Aldyth Parle does NOT support 49ers initiative!

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