While the City of Miami Commissioners bickered, citizens were at the county waiting to weigh in to their county commissioners. I took some pictures. I was disappointed to see so many seats cordoned off from the public.
At one point, about 3 p.m., Commission Chair Moss came in to tell the people what was happening. He said the City of Miami's issues had to be settled before the county meeting. Even though the technicians could put up the City of Miami Meeting on the county big screen, Moss would not let them. When asked by someone in the audience, he said: "No" and walked off the dais. No reason given. Putz.
Vile Natacha Seijas was the lady in red sighted briefly in the Miami Dade Commission Chambers. Word of caution VNS: Not your color.
There was an impasse at the City Meeting...They did have one vote: 2 to 2. Then Commissioner Sarnoff tried to add some stuff the Marlins did not like. The impasse had something to do with curtailing the team owner from selling off the team at a profit (Sarnoff wanted the city and county to share the profit I think if it was done). The Marlins didn't agree so the vote was scrapped. Commissioner Michelle Spence Jones did not vote as she gave birth about 5 days ago.
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Sounds like Mr. Moss is due for replacement - posthaste.
This is a real clusterfuck isn't it? I happen to be thankful for Mr. Sarnoff's actions, its just I feel this objection wasn't raised at the bargaining table. Regardless, this hasn't come up to the voters as of yet and that is an issue. I love baseball but I love Miami so much more.
Sarnoff said, that he just got some of the deal details the night before the vote and he left at 7 am for the meeting. Regalado said we shouldn't have been doing this deal behind closed doors, it should have been done in the sunshine...
Moss is known for his Moss Plans
He sure failed here---Short notice.
What I want to know is why Loria & his pack can't give the city & county a P & L statement of the teams' finances.
Riley
The agreement has many questions. The County share is bonded to cost maybe $1.2 billion with only interest at first and large P&I later. When you add the infrastructure costs, garages, value of land, etc. this appears to be a $2 billion project. The Marlins share is a tiny fraction of the total. This agreement seems to be completely onesided, committing the public to mortgaging the future for a for profit Delaware Corp. that did not open its books
Riley - I'm sure Burgess has already seen the Marlins' P&L statements and shared the information with the commissioners. Even if their finances are in the RED, God knows what deal they have cooked among themselves and that's the reason why Moss & company reject the public's input or vote. How much money they are getting for their affirmative vote is something we'll never learn. Maybe Attorney General, Mr. Acosta, or the feds may be interested in investigating.
The Marlins have refused to show their finances to the County or to the City. The deal sucks.
The taxpayers are being told to pay over $2 bil. (Probably much more after the inevitable cost overruns and change orders in every County and City project). And the Marlins are putting up less than 1%.
Sarnoff stated he only received the spreadsheet from the County that day. Questions have been raised for months (years) about this bailout of the Marlins.
Vote No on the Marlins Bailout.
Sarnoff never stated he wanted to share in any profit from the sale of the team. Sarnoff demanded that the taxpayers get their money back before the owner of the Marlins gets a windfall profit based in part on the backs of the taxpayers. Sarnoff only wanted the taxpayers to get reimbursed.
After all, the Marlins team might have a negative Net Worth? Why should they profit from the investment made by the taxpayers?
Marlins Bailout. $2 billion from the taxpayers for the owner of a professional sports team. The taxpayers are not getting a percentage of the teams revenues. The taxpayers just get stuck with a $2 billion bill and 35 years of payments.
Contact your County Commissioners and your City Commissioners. Tell them to vote NO.
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