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STEVEN PEARLSTEIN<\/b> – Baseball Stadium Still Shows Up in the ‘Win’ Column<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
A Business section columnist is on board with the ballpark plan and reminds us that the “choice is not between pouring unknown sums of taxpayer money into a baseball stadium and spending nothing at all.” Around $80 is already effectively spent and the cost of the park will not be paid for through the general fund. None of this is news to regular readers of this blog or to anyone who pays attention to the facts of the deal and not the emotions.<\/p>\n

COLBERT KING<\/b> – What Is Tony Williams’s Word Worth?<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
King is no big fan of the mayor or the ballpark, but concludes it will happen.<\/p>\n
©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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