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As is typical for Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, scurrying around like a rat, behind closed doors in secret, without public input or permission, we come to find out that not only does he want everyone ELSE to pay for his and Mike Bomar's baseball Utopia, he wants us to pay 95% of it.
That's right: WE, the NON-Baseball game attendees will be expected to provide 95% of the yearly tax revenue to pay for this set of brass balls on a monkey.
Do the math.
a 38 game season; 3500 spectators per game, each paying 5% as a ticket tax.
How much does that equal?
Well, 38 X 3500 = 133,000
Average ticket price at $10? The revenue raised from baseball directly?
$65,500.
Per year.
The slimbag shilling this, who, of course, doesn't live here, indicates that $1,000,000 a year will come in from the tax increase the commissioners would have to shove down our throats.
Guess what, fellow Clark Countian? That means WE, YOU and I, have to come up with $950,000 tax dollars per year.
This is a crock. This isn't "opportunity." This is theft.
We already know what a scumbag Leavitt is. Anything he wants has to be automatically suspect.
The idea that the movie-going public gets screwed so a few people can engage in their baseball fetish is sickening.
Just thought you'd want to know.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Ridgefield Barbie's non-position on the loot rail vote scam.
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Courage is a rare commodity in elected officials. Unfortunately for us, our member of Congress is not possessed of that particular virtue. As a template, I defer to the Warrior Congressman, Allen West (R FL22) who speaks his mind with an uncommon level of fearlessness that we could only dream that our particular cardboard cutout of a member of Congress could emulate... at least to some degree.
(Just as a side note, has anyone heard Babs' take on the bin Laden mission?)
So the rag, in it's own cutesy way, published a little something in their rarely read (hell, the entire newspaper is rarely read, as far as that goes) political blog where non facts go to die and where they tell us that Babs is on Steve "The Liar" Stuart's side when it comes to requiring the county wide vote that Stuart lied to us about in his last campaign.
Nonsense.
Six years on legislative staff conditioned me to ferret our bullshit whenever it crossed my desk. And Herrera's bogus letter reeks.
Of course, when local legislators tried to get the attention of slimeballs like The Liar Leavitt and The Liar Stuart, the result was for those arrogant pricks to publicly fire back in despicable ways that served to prove that they didn't give a damn what the people thought or wanted.
The letter is utter nonsense because it fails to task these clowns with any requirement, or to provide consequences should they fail to act... as they will fail to act, in the way Babs wants them to.
The whole point of the letter is to make people BELIEVE she cares and wants a vote... when in reality, she doesn't.
Because if she DID care, she would have written a variation of something like this:
Teddy Roosevelt told us that there was more to it then "walking softly." And as I knew years ago, she never had, and could never use, the big stick. Which is why, while letters get written like that (as if SHE ever wrote anything like that), letter writing is all that happens.
So far, that kind of garbage confuses the voters... and the rag... into actually thinking she cares and is on their side when, in fact, she is neither.
Cross posted on Jaime Herrera Watch.
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Courage is a rare commodity in elected officials. Unfortunately for us, our member of Congress is not possessed of that particular virtue. As a template, I defer to the Warrior Congressman, Allen West (R FL22) who speaks his mind with an uncommon level of fearlessness that we could only dream that our particular cardboard cutout of a member of Congress could emulate... at least to some degree.
(Just as a side note, has anyone heard Babs' take on the bin Laden mission?)
So the rag, in it's own cutesy way, published a little something in their rarely read (hell, the entire newspaper is rarely read, as far as that goes) political blog where non facts go to die and where they tell us that Babs is on Steve "The Liar" Stuart's side when it comes to requiring the county wide vote that Stuart lied to us about in his last campaign.
Nonsense.
Six years on legislative staff conditioned me to ferret our bullshit whenever it crossed my desk. And Herrera's bogus letter reeks.
Of course, when local legislators tried to get the attention of slimeballs like The Liar Leavitt and The Liar Stuart, the result was for those arrogant pricks to publicly fire back in despicable ways that served to prove that they didn't give a damn what the people thought or wanted.
The letter is utter nonsense because it fails to task these clowns with any requirement, or to provide consequences should they fail to act... as they will fail to act, in the way Babs wants them to.
The whole point of the letter is to make people BELIEVE she cares and wants a vote... when in reality, she doesn't.
Because if she DID care, she would have written a variation of something like this:
“Dear C-Tran Board Members,
I would like to communicate my firm opposition to any tolls on this project and pledge to you now that unless there is a binding, county wide vote, I will kill the funding for all of this in Congress.
Love, Jaime.”Anything else... which means EVERYTHING else, is eyewash, smoke and mirrors.
Teddy Roosevelt told us that there was more to it then "walking softly." And as I knew years ago, she never had, and could never use, the big stick. Which is why, while letters get written like that (as if SHE ever wrote anything like that), letter writing is all that happens.
So far, that kind of garbage confuses the voters... and the rag... into actually thinking she cares and is on their side when, in fact, she is neither.
Cross posted on Jaime Herrera Watch.
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Pre-emptive strike: what the rag will say about the baseball scam on Sunday.
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Executive summary:
"This is the greatest idea since canned bear... or is it sliced bread? We like the idea of everyone paying for something they don't want or need, again without being asked, because WE want it and Tim "The Liar" Leavitt should run for Pope."
Never mind that it's yet another horrific tax that will hurt families and movie theaters, along with jacking up the ticket tax to almost 14%. Never mind that movie theaters have as much to do with baseball stadiums as gynocologists do with stock car racing. They'll think it's a great idea and hell, compared with screwing 65,000 people on a daily basis, which they also want to do for a bridge they don't want to have a vote on and loot rail, so screwing movie goers to get the downtown mafia what THEY want is small potatoes.
There. That ought to sum it up.
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Executive summary:
"This is the greatest idea since canned bear... or is it sliced bread? We like the idea of everyone paying for something they don't want or need, again without being asked, because WE want it and Tim "The Liar" Leavitt should run for Pope."
Never mind that it's yet another horrific tax that will hurt families and movie theaters, along with jacking up the ticket tax to almost 14%. Never mind that movie theaters have as much to do with baseball stadiums as gynocologists do with stock car racing. They'll think it's a great idea and hell, compared with screwing 65,000 people on a daily basis, which they also want to do for a bridge they don't want to have a vote on and loot rail, so screwing movie goers to get the downtown mafia what THEY want is small potatoes.
There. That ought to sum it up.
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OK, baseball freaks, here's what will make this work for me.
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1. Not one dime of taxpayer money.
2. Not one foot of taxpayer-owned land that isn't purchased by the team.
It's simple, really. If the owners of the team "bear" all of the costs, then I don't give a damn if they build it on Mars.
But don't charge me for something we don't need that serves no public purpose when, for example, we can't even get the Padden Parkway jungle cut down.
There are many more... DOZENS more needs that remain unaddressed by Vancouver and the commissioners. THAT is where the focus should be.
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1. Not one dime of taxpayer money.
2. Not one foot of taxpayer-owned land that isn't purchased by the team.
It's simple, really. If the owners of the team "bear" all of the costs, then I don't give a damn if they build it on Mars.
But don't charge me for something we don't need that serves no public purpose when, for example, we can't even get the Padden Parkway jungle cut down.
There are many more... DOZENS more needs that remain unaddressed by Vancouver and the commissioners. THAT is where the focus should be.
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So, what will a 5% tax do to movie tickets, fair tickets, golf tickets and the like?
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The issue here is that Leavitt likes Baseball. Stuart likes baseball as well. Both of them like forcing us to pay for stuff THEY want... but let's look at the numbers, shall we? They, along with Bomar are all Identity Vancouver Downtown Mafia types.
The sales tax we're already paying will be almost 14% if this crap passes. Again, this provides additional incentive to just not go to the fair, to movies, to plays and certainly not to this baseball whorehouse.
Unless, of course, they exempt the Fair, but they wouldn't do that, would they? Or is it that the Fair isn't "entertainment?"
Those of us who won't be going to the stadium for any reason, far outnumber those who will. Yet, these scum have the idea that they should make us ALL pay for what THEY want.
Frankly, we have a great many more issues remaining unresolved here locally that these clowns SHOULD have been spending their time on. Instead, they waste it by doing all they can to hurt the movie theaters as if they had ANYTHING to do with baseball.
Government arrogance and stupidity. It's what's for dinner.
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The issue here is that Leavitt likes Baseball. Stuart likes baseball as well. Both of them like forcing us to pay for stuff THEY want... but let's look at the numbers, shall we? They, along with Bomar are all Identity Vancouver Downtown Mafia types.
The sales tax we're already paying will be almost 14% if this crap passes. Again, this provides additional incentive to just not go to the fair, to movies, to plays and certainly not to this baseball whorehouse.
Unless, of course, they exempt the Fair, but they wouldn't do that, would they? Or is it that the Fair isn't "entertainment?"
Those of us who won't be going to the stadium for any reason, far outnumber those who will. Yet, these scum have the idea that they should make us ALL pay for what THEY want.
Frankly, we have a great many more issues remaining unresolved here locally that these clowns SHOULD have been spending their time on. Instead, they waste it by doing all they can to hurt the movie theaters as if they had ANYTHING to do with baseball.
Government arrogance and stupidity. It's what's for dinner.
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Well, the deal is out there. The Leavitt baseball stadium scam.
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So, the slimeballs got their scam together. And, as usual, they want to make everyone else pay for their project.
I remember it well. "Gavel Down" Harris voted to put this same 5% tax on movie tickets to use the proceeds for an Arts Center, claiming that she "wasn't going to let the results of the I-695 vote color her thinking."
Or much else along the lines of common sense.
This tax is, of course, unacceptable and short sighted, because implementing this moronic plan will just increase the incentives to keep people out of the desolate area called "downtown..." not that I spend a dime down there any way.
Placing the stadium in the current location is stupid; traffic and parking will be a night mare, and there is no room available, according to the lobbyist whining about allowing Clark College to build in the co-location with WSU.
Odd, that. No room for school buildings... but room for a stadium.
How can you tell they're lying?
Well, if The Liar is involved, you can bet they're lying. Otherwise, if their lips are moving, you KNOW they're lying.
If they want to build it, then let the people who own the team pay for it. Jack up the ticket cost and have at it.
But the asinine idea of making everyone else, including those who, like me, won't ever set foot in this crap pile, is just an additional way to chase people out of the downtown area so they can spend their money in some other city (Portland immediately comes to mind) instead of that steaming pile known as Vancouver. And the commissioners will regret it if they support this nonsense by helping Leavitt's stupidity by jacking a tax on to the tickets those who don't live in or want anything to do with Vancouver would have to pay for.
Then, of course, there's this lie:
What's that? It was a disaster?
That's the kind of service local government provides. They take what they want without asking, and then screw the people. Just like this scam.
The stadium is a typically bad idea from the fetid brain of The Liar. Any stadium should be built at the Fairgrounds, on land that the team pays for. And if the team won't pay for it, then we don't need them.
And we also don't need public officials to negotiate in secret without letting the community they work for know... first.
But that's typical of a slimeball like Leavitt. Being up front and above board, as well as allowing a vote on this would be so completely out of character for him.
Not One Taxpayer Dime.
Not One.
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So, the slimeballs got their scam together. And, as usual, they want to make everyone else pay for their project.
The one public financing component? Clark County commissioners will be asked to approve an entertainment admissions fee, which would add 5 percent to the cost of tickets to local entertainment events, including movies and the baseball games.This stunt was tried once before, shortly after the people of this community and the state for that matter passed I-695, the car tab /vote on all tax and fee increase initiative that was supposed to destroy the planet if it passed.
I remember it well. "Gavel Down" Harris voted to put this same 5% tax on movie tickets to use the proceeds for an Arts Center, claiming that she "wasn't going to let the results of the I-695 vote color her thinking."
Or much else along the lines of common sense.
This tax is, of course, unacceptable and short sighted, because implementing this moronic plan will just increase the incentives to keep people out of the desolate area called "downtown..." not that I spend a dime down there any way.
Placing the stadium in the current location is stupid; traffic and parking will be a night mare, and there is no room available, according to the lobbyist whining about allowing Clark College to build in the co-location with WSU.
Odd, that. No room for school buildings... but room for a stadium.
How can you tell they're lying?
Well, if The Liar is involved, you can bet they're lying. Otherwise, if their lips are moving, you KNOW they're lying.
If they want to build it, then let the people who own the team pay for it. Jack up the ticket cost and have at it.
But the asinine idea of making everyone else, including those who, like me, won't ever set foot in this crap pile, is just an additional way to chase people out of the downtown area so they can spend their money in some other city (Portland immediately comes to mind) instead of that steaming pile known as Vancouver. And the commissioners will regret it if they support this nonsense by helping Leavitt's stupidity by jacking a tax on to the tickets those who don't live in or want anything to do with Vancouver would have to pay for.
Then, of course, there's this lie:
The team would play 38 home games in a season that would run from mid-June to Labor Day. Thiessen said the backers will work with residents of the Arnada neighborhood to address concerns about traffic, lights and noise.So... how'd that work out for the amphitheater?
What's that? It was a disaster?
That's the kind of service local government provides. They take what they want without asking, and then screw the people. Just like this scam.
The stadium is a typically bad idea from the fetid brain of The Liar. Any stadium should be built at the Fairgrounds, on land that the team pays for. And if the team won't pay for it, then we don't need them.
And we also don't need public officials to negotiate in secret without letting the community they work for know... first.
But that's typical of a slimeball like Leavitt. Being up front and above board, as well as allowing a vote on this would be so completely out of character for him.
Not One Taxpayer Dime.
Not One.
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Well, Tim “The Liar” Leavitt re-enforces his cowardice meme.
We know that The Liar is aware that a countywide vote would kill loot rail, just like it would kill this entire project.
So, he makes crap up and threatens to veto the whole thing… something the commissioners SHOULD do and SHOULD have done a long time ago. But with two democrats on the board, it’s hard for Mielke to make headway.
That said, Leavitt is a lying little weasel. Show up to defend himself?
Not fricking likely.
Think any of this will show up in the democratian?
You kiddin’ me? The Liar’s their BOY, now. So, while the blogosphere will know… few others will.
And the cowardice?
Any time an elected official takes a position, even one of extortion and robbery like The Liar, he should have the balls to defend it to all comers.
Clearly, the little weasel does not.
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