Marcus Griffith is on the case:
05/18/2011
Conflicting statements impede trust in stadium discussion
by MARCUS GRIFFITH
Silver tongue: In this internet posted photo, Amplify company president Ron Arp is smiling. I wonder if he was smiling when he made conflicting statements to me over the phone.
The following commentary is the opinion of the author and does not neccesarily reflect the views of The Vancouver Voice, the free world or the little boy who lives down the lane.
Ron Arp is the president of Amplify Media, the company that is handling the public information portion of the proposed baseball stadium. In addition to using potentially suspect numbers to support the feasibility of the baseball park, Arp made conflicting statements to me during an interview.
I am not amused.
In fact, I am quite upset. Not only because I personally distaste being giving the run-around, but when there’s millions of tax payer dollars at stake, Arp and crew have obligation to be honest with the public.
Based on Arp’s statements during an interview this afternoon, I can’t in good faith say he is being completely forthcoming with the public.
http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/local-politics/2011/may/19/baseball-fans-will-love-this/
ReplyDeleteSo easy a blogger could do it...
But, who wants to wind down their rhetoric..it's more fun to spout crap, right? This just makes him look silly, as the data was hiding out in plain sight...
Greg Owens
Greg! Still love the idea of forcing everyone else o pay for the ballpark YOU want, eh?
ReplyDeleteProud of yourself are you? And when are YOU going to wind down YOUR rhetoric, eh? Or is that only a one-sided proposition?
You completely blow by the following: The availability of these "facts" AFTER Arp was caught lying doesn't change anything when it comes to the basis for Marcus's article.
What it all boils down to is this: You and the team wants to put the entire county on the hook for YOUR ballpark that will only benefit the chosen few.
YOU want US to pay for YOUR hobby.
How fringe-leftist of you.
And, BTW? the more important issue wasn't the still-questionable nature of the data, it was that your boy lied about it, proving once again the old axiom that figures don't lie... but liars figure.
By the way, how's it going to feel if, as they want, the team winds up staying in Yakima having used us as a foil to get what they want?
Eh?