NFL Commanders building $3bn new stadium in Ward 7 on the old RFK site

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Why is DC paying to develop the land for housing? That makes no sense.

That's what DC does. Most of the billion is a giveaway to developers and amenities for the GGW crowd. Parks and bike lanes cost money. As does grading the land and upgrading the electrical, water and sewer to handle the proposed increase in housing. That's what increasing "attainable" housing entails.

Take away the stadium, which DC is not paying to build, and it's everything the people opposed to the stadium want.

Ah the old "Giveaway to developers" trope. Get something new (with evidence) please.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

He is actually right to do this. Because that money is already owed to all the people in lesser-resourced parts of DC.

The people are entitled to it because of DC’s failure to address gentrification and systemic white racism in DC.

Not a damn cent should go to some stadium for rich people.

DC spends more on affordable housing and welfare that most areas.

Hint: the problem is not that we aren't throwing more money at poor people

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

He is actually right to do this. Because that money is already owed to all the people in lesser-resourced parts of DC.

The people are entitled to it because of DC’s failure to address gentrification and systemic white racism in DC.

Not a damn cent should go to some stadium for rich people.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

Dispersing affordable and public housing is proven to reduce the negative effects of poverty including shootings. "Make the poors shoot each other somewhere else" is despicable but not at all unexpected from the most selfish Ward in the city.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

Dispersing affordable and public housing is proven to reduce the negative effects of poverty including shootings. "Make the poors shoot each other somewhere else" is despicable but not at all unexpected from the most selfish Ward in the city.

Or maybe there is crime because these people have no stake in their community because they live on the taxpayers dime?

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

Dispersing affordable and public housing is proven to reduce the negative effects of poverty including shootings. "Make the poors shoot each other somewhere else" is despicable but not at all unexpected from the most selfish Ward in the city.

Ward 6 is indeed pretty self-centered nowadays.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

DC does not need anymore low income housing. It already has the highest proportion of very low income households in the entire DC metro area. It is not sustainable to keep on encouraging people who don't pay much taxes and consume significantly more government resources (than they contribute) to move here. Especially now that the federal government is cutting spending, DC will need to prioritize high end development to prevent extreme austerity measures.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

Dispersing affordable and public housing is proven to reduce the negative effects of poverty including shootings. "Make the poors shoot each other somewhere else" is despicable but not at all unexpected from the most selfish Ward in the city.

There are basically no rigorous studies that support this statement. Spreading low income housing throughout an area does not actually reduce the odds that low income people commit crime. It just spreads out the crime to make it more evenly distributed. Environmental interventions to reduce criminal behavior are largely ineffective. The only very effective intervention to prevent crime is throwing repeat offenders in jail to prevent them from committing future crimes. Criminal behavior is around 50% genetic and the reality is that that some people are just born to become criminals.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

Dispersing affordable and public housing is proven to reduce the negative effects of poverty including shootings. "Make the poors shoot each other somewhere else" is despicable but not at all unexpected from the most selfish Ward in the city.

There are basically no rigorous studies that support this statement. Spreading low income housing throughout an area does not actually reduce the odds that low income people commit crime. It just spreads out the crime to make it more evenly distributed. Environmental interventions to reduce criminal behavior are largely ineffective. The only very effective intervention to prevent crime is throwing repeat offenders in jail to prevent them from committing future crimes. Criminal behavior is around 50% genetic and the reality is that that some people are just born to become criminals.

Sorry, where are the “rigorous studies” that support the claim that “some people are just born to become criminals” especially due to genetics?

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

Look at the daily shootings in Navy Yard due to "affordable housing" and rethink your proposal.

Dispersing affordable and public housing is proven to reduce the negative effects of poverty including shootings. "Make the poors shoot each other somewhere else" is despicable but not at all unexpected from the most selfish Ward in the city.

There are basically no rigorous studies that support this statement. Spreading low income housing throughout an area does not actually reduce the odds that low income people commit crime. It just spreads out the crime to make it more evenly distributed. Environmental interventions to reduce criminal behavior are largely ineffective. The only very effective intervention to prevent crime is throwing repeat offenders in jail to prevent them from committing future crimes. Criminal behavior is around 50% genetic and the reality is that that some people are just born to become criminals.

Sorry, where are the “rigorous studies” that support the claim that “some people are just born to become criminals” especially due to genetics?

Twin studies, adoption studies, genome wide association studies. Around 50% of criminal behavior is genetic and the shared environmental component is only around 20%, random environmental components account for the remaining portion.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

DC does not need anymore low income housing. It already has the highest proportion of very low income households in the entire DC metro area. It is not sustainable to keep on encouraging people who don't pay much taxes and consume significantly more government resources (than they contribute) to move here. Especially now that the federal government is cutting spending, DC will need to prioritize high end development to prevent extreme austerity measures.

Poor people are a luxury. Can’t afford them anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Not PP, but even though I don’t know what the number is I’d be happy for DC to at least cut in half the line for “attainable housing”. The mayor already pulled a bait-and-switch a couple blocks away over by the jail and switched the development from mixed to all subsidized housing. If they keep doing that they’re just building future slums. That kind of housing as to be dispersed to keep the area desirable

Agreed. We need way more affordable housing in Ward 3. The council should ensure that all affordable housing being built goes in Ward 3 until they have housed their fair share relative to the rest of the city.

DC does not need anymore low income housing. It already has the highest proportion of very low income households in the entire DC metro area. It is not sustainable to keep on encouraging people who don't pay much taxes and consume significantly more government resources (than they contribute) to move here. Especially now that the federal government is cutting spending, DC will need to prioritize high end development to prevent extreme austerity measures.

Poor people are a luxury. Can’t afford them anymore.

This is actually true, you can't continue import people that create a fiscal deficit for DC when the government cuts your funding.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like MD's republican congressional reps are trying to block DC's ability to use its own funds to lure the Commanders. Just heard an interview with Andy Harris talking about how DC shouldn't be able to have the billion dollars currently blocked from use to fund a stadium

For the the first time ever, I agree with Andy Harris: D.C. should not use this particular billion dollars to fund a stadium. But that's because we should be able to use those billion dollars to fund the operating expenses they were budgeted to cover.

I'd also prefer if D.C. spent $0 to fund a stadium — I think the Commanders' owners are quite capable of paying the full cost themselves — but I doubt Andy Harris agrees with me on that as a general principal.

Josh Harris is paying the full cost of building the stadium. DC on the other hand is paying the cost to develop the surrounding land, including DPR facilities, bike lanes and infrastructure for the new housing. Heck, the Anacostia trail expenses in the current budget are part of the deal.

What line item costs in the current proposal do you think DC should not pay? We're not paying anything for construction of the stadium itself. That $1 billion is for the "attainable" housing, park facilities and "multi-modal" transportation.

Nope. DC is putting up $500 million towards prepping the land for the stadium. Bowser initially claimed that this was all for “horizontal” work but it seems to actually include foundations and a lot of other stuff that is integral to the stadium construction.

The Commanders will also pay no property tax (as DC owns the stadium and will lease it to them for $1 a year), no sales taxes on the parking, and sales taxes generated by the stadium and associated development will go straight back to the stadium in the form of a maintenance fund.

The city plans to pay for its investments through extending the Ballpark Levy that paid for Nationals Park. This is a tax that is applied on any company that earns more than $5 million in revenue. Not a great idea when the city needs to be attracting private business to the city to offset the loss of federal jobs.

I would say that Josh Harris rang rings around Muriel Bowser in this negotiation, but it’s not even clear that her interests are at all aligned with those of the city. If she seals this deal for the Commanders, I’m sure the NFL will have a very nice gig waiting for her in November 2028.