02-17-2010, 04:23 PM
<!--quoteo(post=79756:date=Feb 17 2010, 01:58 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Feb 17 2010, 01:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->PHOENIX (AP)—The office of Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is opposing legislation to build a new spring training facility for the Chicago Cubs.
An Arizona attorney hired by Selig’s office says a proposal to create a surcharge on tickets to all Phoenix-area spring training games is unfair.
Attorney Pat Ray made his comments during a legislative committee hearing Wednesday morning.
The legislation proposed by Phoenix Republican Rep. John McComish would add a $1 surcharge on auto rentals and an 8 percent surcharge on tickets to spring-training games played in Maricopa County, which includes the entire Phoenix area.
The Cubs turned down an offer to move to Florida, choosing to continue training in Arizona if the state and the city of Mesa can come up with $84 million to build them a new stadium.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Selig is such a dick.
This is actually GOOD for every other team in the Cactus League and for the stat of AZ. Publicly finding something that generates or preserves revenue is defensible. Paying for it by "taxing" the consumers of the provided service makes sense. The alternative is the negative economic impact of the Cubs leaving AZ. That hurts the state and all of those clubs far more than a bump in ticket prices will.
An Arizona attorney hired by Selig’s office says a proposal to create a surcharge on tickets to all Phoenix-area spring training games is unfair.
Attorney Pat Ray made his comments during a legislative committee hearing Wednesday morning.
The legislation proposed by Phoenix Republican Rep. John McComish would add a $1 surcharge on auto rentals and an 8 percent surcharge on tickets to spring-training games played in Maricopa County, which includes the entire Phoenix area.
The Cubs turned down an offer to move to Florida, choosing to continue training in Arizona if the state and the city of Mesa can come up with $84 million to build them a new stadium.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Selig is such a dick.
This is actually GOOD for every other team in the Cactus League and for the stat of AZ. Publicly finding something that generates or preserves revenue is defensible. Paying for it by "taxing" the consumers of the provided service makes sense. The alternative is the negative economic impact of the Cubs leaving AZ. That hurts the state and all of those clubs far more than a bump in ticket prices will.