September 19, 2008
Kucinich:"Improprieties, Possible Fraud" With New Yankee Stadium Bonds
Representative Dennis Kucinich suggested approval for $924 million in tax-exempt bonds for the construction of the new Yankee Stadium could be rescinded, due to some questions about the land's value. He said his probe found "substantial evidence of improprieties and possible fraud by the financial architects of the new Yankees Stadium." Last week, the Daily News' Juan Gonzalez had a column noting the city's assessment of the land worked out to be $275/square foot -- but city assessors previously valued it at $25/square foot. The IRS noted the different valuations ($40 million vs. $204 million) and may investigate further. And speaking of new Yankee Stadium, WCBS 880 went on a tour and took some photos.
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I recommend that a board of inquiry should be established to investigate this matter further.
I nominate Kucinich's hot wife to be the chairwoman. As the chairwoman she is required to wear this ceremonial garb:
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I'm no Kucinich fan but if takes a crackpot to crack down on corruption, so be it.
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$924 Billion? Isn't that the GDP of South Korea (the 13th largest economy in the world)? You sure about that?
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If being a person who stands by his convictions of peace and justice with honor and integrity, all for the benefit of his constituents and the American people, then let's start electing more crackpots!
I seriously despise the thought of paying for sports stadiums with public money. Now if those sports stadiums were to be used by public school kids and the public in general fine, but the Yankees...
What about all the New Yorkers who could give a Rats Ass about baseball much less the Yankees, how is it at all a benefit to them?
Socialism for the wealthy, frontier living for the rest of us!
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Is anyone surprised there are possible shenanigans with the new stadium?
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He is the only Dem with any balls or integrity.
And yes, his wife is smokin'.
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New stadium looks like the old one—boring. Three new sports stadiums will be constructed before a World Trade Center memorial. Now that is a crime that needs to be investigated. Where the hell where the politicians when there was a groundbreaking ceremony for this new stadium? More than likely they were wearing dopey helmets mugging for the cameras. They knew then what they are "discovering" now. The taxpayers were footing the bill for most of this shit. Didn't any of them say, "Gee George, you already have a stadium you play in. Oh please don't go to New Jersey, that would be sacrilege!" We will build you a new stadium, fuck the paying public. We love the NEW YORK YANKEES!
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Quite simply, Sports venue = fraud.
Taxpayers have to shell out millions which could be going towards everything from schools to infrastructure repair/improvement so some greedy rich bastard can have a place for his millionaires to play children's games, sell tickets that most people can't afford, and provide little benefit to the community compared to spending the money on actually beneficial things.
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The Yankees can go to New Jersey for all I care.
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"If being a person who stands by his convictions of peace and justice with honor and integrity, all for the benefit of his constituents and the American people, then let's start electing more crackpots!"
What makes him a crackpot is his hippy-dippy, kumbaya approach to potential threats. If he thinks unilaterally disarming the US and pandering to and appeasing every terrorist and dictator in the world will bring it about, he really is nuts. Yeah, let's just all hold hands and sing John Lennon songs together, that will ensure world peace.
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His wife looks like a beaten up Alicia Witt. It's funny how she was in love with a death row inmate and then she moved onto Keebler Elf Kucinich cause he was loaded.
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She felt sorry for him, being he was a pathetic aging bachelor stuck in Cleveland and all. She adopted him like a pet and while he may not be fully declawed, he does shit in a box reliably.