Comments on: Big league watch party

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:55:58 +0000

Jo – roads are an old excuse. I’ve seen excellent improvement in the roads (that are the responsibility of the city). The ones you are talking about must be the responsibility of the state! And…how can you say the children are “suffering”! Ok. City has spent millions on improving the schools. Where have you been? It’s not the city’s fault that you think the funds are not being used properly by the schools! Just another excuse. And the taxes are being used by the public – not a privately owned franchise. The city owns the Ford center – not any privately owned franchises. Get your facts straight. Geez!

By: jo

jo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:07:56 +0000

I thought paying taxes whether it’s sales or income tax would benefit the public, not a privately owned franchise. Another outstanding example of a city looking out for it’s own pocket book instead of it’s residents.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:10:37 +0000

Sorry Jo, (hands jo some cement and water), start helpin with the roads.

By: jo

jo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:03:32 +0000

JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR POLITICIANS TO GET WEALTHIER OFF OF TAX PAYERS. OKC HAS BEEN DOING JUST FINE WITHOUT THE NBA HERE. THE DITCH / CANAL IN BRICK TOWN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIG INDUSTRY ATTRACTANT AND GENERAL MOTORS PULLED OUT AFTER TAX PAYERS PAID TO THEIR/OUR FACILITY RETOOLED. ROADS HERE ARE IN BAD SHAPE AND CHILDREN’S EDUCATION IS SUFFERING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I VOTED NO.

By: Avg. Guy

Avg. Guy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:42:25 +0000

Avg guy isn’t from Seattle. Congratulations.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:34:12 +0000

All precincts reported IT PASSED!! I think we need a name change though, and hopefully we can trade for Kobe Bryant or Lebron or Dwight Howard! Seattle, its not our fault you wouldnt vote yes, because if you would have Mr. Bennett clearly stated he would stay! It will be fun to go watch , my boss already said he was getting a box seat if it passed, sorry avg. guy, we will have alot bigger crowd than you guys have had in years! Lets speed this up!

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:00:27 +0000

Seattle fans . . . We are doing something that you guys couldn’t do – passing a vote to pay for the team. It’s that plain and simple. You chose not to keep them. It’s your fault – not Clay Bennett. Deal with it!

By: Avg. Guy

Avg. Guy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:15:11 +0000

Because after 2 or 3 years, I don’t think OKC can afford this team. It will turn out just like Memphis. Watch. It costs, on avg., about $4,000 to $15,000 a year for 2 decent season tickets for an NBA team…you think 7,500 to 9,000 people will continually shell out that kind of money year in and year out in OKC? Nope. I know they won’t. The novelty will wear off, just give it a couple of years. You’ll see.

By: Oilfieldguy

Oilfieldguy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:13:48 +0000

Over half the precincts have reported and it’s holding at 60/40 in favor. Hard to see it failing now.

By: OKConics

OKConics — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:05:21 +0000

Let’s get this straight- your team is purchased by an OKC faction- no one cares. Your Seattle faction SOLD it to our OKC faction- no complaints there, but people get suspicious. Stern and Clay tell Seattle legislators consistently that the Seattle lease was, relative to the rest of the league, terribly restrictive, that KeyArena is, relatively, in bad shape, and that you guys need to do about it. Your legislators did NOT work with Clay in good faith and never wanted to find a solution, not even the arena in Bellevue which sounded like a good idea. NOW, you may lose them, and you can’t point to one good reason why you shouldn’t. Teams move sometimes. Seattle had bad timing with their baseball and football parks/taxes/bonds, and OKC had perfect timing with ours. Tell me one good reason why they should stay in a crappy arena with a crappy lease?