Comments on: What we can learn from another franchise slipping away from Portland

By: lingerie football

lingerie football — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:10:32 +0000

The league will not place our fans, players, staff nor partners in a less-than-comfortable environment

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:51:23 +0000

Jay: Liberal bash all you want, but get your facts right first. Mexico is a disaster thanks to your mega corporations that moved there from the US and proceeded to destroy what internal economy they had– sending 100s of thousands of workers streaming into the US to further drive down our own wages already beaten down by your fanatastic large corporations.

I’d rather have a city full of small business owners that full of wage slaves.

By: Senator Scott

Senator Scott — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:52:33 +0000

There’s been some rumblings about the Coyotes in serious trouble. It’s been a few years since we got the ol’ “LET’S BRING THE NHL TO PORTLAND” bullcrap.

Is Portland going to be used as a pawn in a stadium/relocation deal again?

Portland to the NHL is kinda like St. Pete/Tampa to MLB before they got the Rays. Seemed like every team having a bit of trouble in the 80’s and 90’s was headin to the Suncoast Dome…

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:34:17 +0000

Bemoaning the loss of a lacrosse league?

That’s like complaining that we lost a professional jai alai league.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:56:17 +0000

Yep, PDX is one of those liberal areas where people forget that corporations makes America go round economically. It ain’t the tye dye shirt store on Hawthorne Street. It should be obvious. Isn’t it? I know a country where there is fresh fruit and T shirt for sale: Mexico. How is that working economically? Hmm.

By: f5

f5 — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:38:05 +0000

Such impressive passion for sports…displayed by tangental bashing of progressive transportation infrastructure.

yawn.

c’mon guys. The trolly is virtually being paid for by the fed. The huge unflux of fed money for expansion announced yesterday will be mean a big uptick in related jobs, and also that we’re set to be the only domestic builder of streetcars, that the rest of the nations’ cities will probably be ordering from someday soon. It’s just one of the many reasons that makes our downtown city a great, progressive, liveable city…which DIRECTLY contributed to ours being one of the last real estate markets to turn sour, and turn very little it did indeed. That benefited ALL our pocketbooks.

My vote’s for not throwing everything the city does besides spend on sports arenas under the bus.

By: limelight10e

limelight10e — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:40:09 +0000

This article sorta points out more of some of the things in this blog from Dwight. It also sheds a bright hot light on some of the many reasons why OR has the highest unemployment in the nation. The governor does not mind at all that some of his desired policies will cost Oregonians money as long as it advances his and his clans agenda.

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/lifestyle-and-the-carbon-cap/

By: tom the frog

tom the frog — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:31:15 +0000

wow all i want before i die is major league baseball in portland…im 58 now and failing fast!!!

By: Senator Scott

Senator Scott — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:57:57 +0000

Is there any local leadership or money at all?

Blazers are owned by a Seattlite.

Larry Weinberg lived in SoCal.
Robert Schmertz lived in NJ.
Herman Sarkowsky lived in Seattle.

Beavs/Timbers owned by an east coaster.
Previous Beavs owned by a NJ native and Pia Zadora.

Hawks were owned by an NYC/AZ/TX funbunch, now ownership resides in Calgary.

Portland Meadows operated by Frank Stronach.

MGP was owned/operated by Hollywood Park before closing.

I remember Phil Knight was once looking at the Clippers before Donald Sterling bought them. That’s about the extent of a local on the pro sports ownership scene.

Bowling alleys are about the only sporting venue/activity owned locally…

By: timbo

timbo — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:34:17 +0000

Oregon isn’t “friendly” to big corporations? Boo hoo.

The places that are “friendly” to big corporations are China and Mexico — made possible by the pols in Washington, DC that have made quote “free trade” unquote the national religion and thereby ushered in the deindustrialization of America.

All the tax giveaways to corporate hogs that Dwight could dream up in 5 years of effort won’t unring that bell…

The city of Portland should NOT be spending a quarter of a billion dollars subsidizing the hobby-fun of a local millionaire. If Paulson wants to move his major league soccer franchise (now THERE’S a contradiction of terms if I’ve ever heard one!) or his AAA baseball team elsewhere to receive the largesse of Others More Stupid, Portland should just say “See Ya!”