system: You are Ed Hulett, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Politics message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dan Bosch about "Paula".

They wrote:
->> ->>  DB> Cause we have to discuss the political impact of the recent
->> ->>  DB> events in campaign finances within the local political arena
->> ->>  DB> and I doubt that it would be an appropriate topic here....
->> ->> Yeah, I just heard that they want to reopen the WEA
->> case...
->>  DB> Ha!  I can see it now...the Event of the Year!  The Rumble in
->>  DB> the Resturant.  Actually, I've been known to be civil when I
->>  DB> discuss politics in person. Or we can just eat.
->> Ha ha ha ha ha ha!! I usually try to avoid discussing politics
->> while eating... it is much easier on the digestive system.
DB>     I know what you mean...Although we used to go to the Westin Building
DB> for lunch on occasion and end up getting in pretty serious
DB> discussions...Course, that's when I was younger and had more
DB> fire!  :-)
->> ->>  DB> Or just to say "Hi."....heh heh...
->> ->> Oh, like that's all we would have to say to each other?
->> <g>
->>  DB> You never know...you never know... :-)
->> Should I invite Earl along? <g>
DB>  Hey!  That would be great! <g>  Hey, if Earl comes all the way from
DB> where ever it is that he'd be coming from, I'd even be civil
DB> to him!  <g>
->>  DB> I seriously have a question for you.  It's even in the
->>  DB> political arena.
->>  DB> I heard on the news today that the new Mariner baseball
->>  DB> stadium is looking for corporate sponsers.  Now, not
->>  DB> withstanding how you felt before the vote,
->>  DB> etc. for the new stadium, seeing that it's a done deal,
->>  DB> should they name a public facility after a corporate sponser?  Or a
->> private
->>  DB> donor for that matter?
->> I can see it now... Safeco Stadium the home of the Ninetendo
->> Mariners...
->> I am not a sports nut and couldn't care less what happens with
->> the stadium. I was against it from the begining and it would
->> have been better for a private concern to have paid for the
->> whole thing anyway. I don't think that it is something the
->> government has any business
DB> You know, if it's a civic building available for multiple use
DB> and provides a place for additional events, like the Kingdome
DB> is, I don't really mind.  But neither of these will be like
DB> that.
->> involving itself in building sports stadiums.
->>  DB> Don't these new stadiums that are being built at taxpayer ->  DB>
DB> expense deserve to be called "Seattle Stadium" or "Children's ->  DB>
DB> Stadium" or "San Francisco ->  DB> Stadium" or anything but the name of
DB> non-public donor?
->> Why? It isn't Seattle that is paying for it, nor the children.
->> Of course, Seattle HAS to have it as close to downtown Seattle
->> as they can. They then stick the rest of the state with the
->> bill to pay off the King Dome and knock it down and build the
->> new individual baseball and football stadiums.
DB> That's true.  How about "Taxpayer's Stadium"?  Or "Washington
DB> State Stadium"?
->>  DB> I can understand Wrigley Field.  He paid for it.
->>  DB> But why should we call ours "Safeco Field" or somesuch?
->> It shouldn't have been built in Seattle, either. They had land
->> almost donated to them in south King county, but NO, they have
->> to have it IN Seattle. Same with the new football stadium.
->> Paul Allen even threatened to not buy the Hawks if the stadium
->> was not in Seattle.
DB> I can understand some of Paul Allen's concern, as he has
DB> volunteered large amounts of money for various projects.  I
DB> can see his side.  But I get pretty tired of "Cave in or
DB> we'll move" threats.
->>  DB> Any opinion on that?
->> No, none whatsoever... <g>
DB>  Can't say what you really feel, huh?  <g>

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assistant: Ha ha... its like eating spicy food... I used to be able to do that without
consequence, but now...
Well, I'd invite him, but I don't think I could pay his way... we just have
to remember
that it isn't personal what goes on in this echo. That is why they had the
get togethers
before and might have them again. I just would hope we could have one closer
to the
left coast...
I know, it is a shame they think they have to knock down the King Dome and
build both stadiums in it's place. They could have even paid the thing off
without
having the taxpayers foot the bill. Of course, we have the Tacoma Dome down
here that will get more business now.
Yeah, like the Washington State Convention Center that they put over I-5
smack in the middle of downtown Seattle so Seattle would look cool and
get all the convention business.
No, we should call the football stadium the "Paul Allen tax break statium"
and the baseball stadium the "Ninetendo bowl".
So do I, and that is what both the Hawks and the Mariners did. In fact, the
Sonics
used that to get the Collosium rebuilt into the "Key Arena".
Nah... <g>
Ed
<kc7flr@tacoma.net>