{"id":4424,"date":"2009-07-29T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/07\/fenty-wants-to-move-ballpark-tax-proceeds-to-general-fund.html"},"modified":"2009-07-29T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T18:00:00","slug":"fenty-wants-to-move-ballpark-tax-proceeds-to-general-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/07\/fenty-wants-to-move-ballpark-tax-proceeds-to-general-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Fenty wants to move ballpark tax proceeds to general fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/wtopnews.com\/?nid=25&#038;sid=1726381\"><b>Fenty wants to divert ballpark tax to general fund <\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>WTOP<\/i><br \/>Ah, D.C. fiscal responsibility is a special, special thing. Mayor <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Adrian Fenty<\/span>, a ballpark opponent as a council member, wants to take the money from the Ballpark Revenue Fund to the general fund, rather than have it pay down ballpark construction debt. 28 years from now, if Nationals Park has not been paid off, we&#8217;ll know why.<\/p>\n<p>It is times like this that it amazes me Nationals Park ever got built.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NationalsPark\" rel=\"tag\">Nationals Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ballparktax\" rel=\"tag\">ballpark tax<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/AdrianFenty\" rel=\"tag\">Adrian Fenty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/dc\" rel=\"tag\">dc<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fenty wants to divert ballpark tax to general fund &#8211; WTOPAh, D.C. fiscal responsibility is a special, special thing. Mayor Adrian Fenty, a ballpark opponent as a council member, wants to take the money from the Ballpark Revenue Fund to the general fund, rather than have it pay down ballpark construction debt. 28 years from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,96,106],"tags":[539,1220,1222,1694],"class_list":["post-4424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2009","category-the-district","category-washington-nationals","tag-dc","tag-nationals-park","tag-nats","tag-stadiums-and-arenas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fenty wants to move ballpark tax proceeds to general fund - William F. 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