Anonymous wrote:I’m in Rosemont. The only person I know for the arena is a neighbor who’s always in lock step with whatever Wilson says and will publicly shame anyone who criticizes him or ACPS (despite sending their 2 kids to private high schools). They have a pro arena sign in their yard (because a yard sign is guaranteed to change people’s minds) and won’t shut up about it.

The hypocrisy with going to bed with Youngkin and a billionaire, plus allowing billions of tax incentives for a billionaire is comical. Ive lived in Alexandria for 30 years and have seen some crazy stuff but this one takes the cake.

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Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it

Oh bullschitt. I’m a lifelong Alexandrian and at least half the people I know are for it, myself included. Do better. Surely you know that the loudest voices aren’t always representative of majority opinion.

I've lived in Alexandria for 15 years, worked in it for 25. I don't know of one single person who's for it. Not one.

I would say you're the outlier.

But, we can put it to a referendum and see what the city residents really think.

Anonymous wrote:Great. So DC will lose the stadium because it sucks for business and the crime is rising. But at the end of the day, DC will still be stuck with this super woke city council and political system that won’t actually tackle crime with any seriousness, so the exodus of businesses will just increase. Instead DC will increase taxes and expend tax money on “wrap around services” and “violence interruptors” because it’s too cowed by social justice activism to actually arrest and prosecute. Then, 10 years down the road, once we return to how shtty DC was in 1991, the city will ultimately elect another Fenty type who is like super pro developer and pro business and maybe we can rebuild. Ugh, I am so tired of progressivism in so many ways. I am liberal, but I hate how weak everyone is on crime. I’m sorry, but arrest some folks and lock em up! It’s not that hard!

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Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it

Oh bullschitt. I’m a lifelong Alexandrian and at least half the people I know are for it, myself included. Do better. Surely you know that the loudest voices aren’t always representative of majority opinion.

I've lived in Alexandria for 15 years, worked in it for 25. I don't know of one single person who's for it. Not one.

I would say you're the outlier.

But, we can put it to a referendum and see what the city residents really think.

DP, I've also lived in Alexandria for 15 years, and I'm for it too. Lots of people I know are for it too. But, the people opposed are pretty vocal, and mildly intimidating in their opposition, so when I encounter that I just say nothing. No need to fight with a neighbor about a stadium on behalf of a billionaire.

That said, I agree with a referendum. Nobody on council nor the mayor ran on this issue, so it's not like they have an implied mandate.

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Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it

Oh bullschitt. I’m a lifelong Alexandrian and at least half the people I know are for it, myself included. Do better. Surely you know that the loudest voices aren’t always representative of majority opinion.

I've lived in Alexandria for 15 years, worked in it for 25. I don't know of one single person who's for it. Not one.

I would say you're the outlier.

But, we can put it to a referendum and see what the city residents really think.

DP, I've also lived in Alexandria for 15 years, and I'm for it too. Lots of people I know are for it too. But, the people opposed are pretty vocal, and mildly intimidating in their opposition, so when I encounter that I just say nothing. No need to fight with a neighbor about a stadium on behalf of a billionaire.

That said, I agree with a referendum. Nobody on council nor the mayor ran on this issue, so it's not like they have an implied mandate.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.alxnow.com/2024/02/27/alexandria-republicans-join-opposition-to-potomac-yard-arena/

Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it

Oh bullschitt. I’m a lifelong Alexandrian and at least half the people I know are for it, myself included. Do better. Surely you know that the loudest voices aren’t always representative of majority opinion.

I've lived in Alexandria for 15 years, worked in it for 25. I don't know of one single person who's for it. Not one.

I would say you're the outlier.

But, we can put it to a referendum and see what the city residents really think.

Anonymous wrote:We already voted when we elected Council in 2009 and they voted for the 2010 North Potomac Yard small area plan. We had a second chance to stop it in 2017, but a different Council voted to affirm that small area plan with 7.5 million square feet of development.

As the bike and ZFH lobbies like to remind us, elections have consequences.

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Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it

Oh bullschitt. I’m a lifelong Alexandrian and at least half the people I know are for it, myself included. Do better. Surely you know that the loudest voices aren’t always representative of majority opinion.

I've lived in Alexandria for 15 years, worked in it for 25. I don't know of one single person who's for it. Not one.

I would say you're the outlier.

But, we can put it to a referendum and see what the city residents really think.

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Anonymous wrote:So how does Ted go back to Mayor Bowser at this point? He has burned so many bridges with the fans and the city. Maybe he will just sell the teams.

He won't go back to Bowser. He'll push this ahead and they'll make it happen in Virginia. I really hope to be proven wrong — I live in D.C. and don't want to see the teams move, and I think it's a bad deal for our neighbors across the river — but I think people who oppose it are being a little quick to declare victory.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.alxnow.com/2024/02/27/alexandria-republicans-join-opposition-to-potomac-yard-arena/

Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it

Oh bullschitt. I’m a lifelong Alexandrian and at least half the people I know are for it, myself included. Do better. Surely you know that the loudest voices aren’t always representative of majority opinion.

Anonymous wrote:So how does Ted go back to Mayor Bowser at this point? He has burned so many bridges with the fans and the city. Maybe he will just sell the teams.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.alxnow.com/2024/02/27/alexandria-republicans-join-opposition-to-potomac-yard-arena/

Northern VA Republicans join opposition to Potomac Yard arena

" This is not the type of deal an ordinary retail establishment or restaurateur would get. Instead, it’s a deal reserved for the privileged and well-connected few. This goes against our vision for the future of the party and undermines our party’s values of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. We believe in policies that benefit all Virginians, not just the elite few. We cannot support a deal that undermines these core principles."

I'm not a Republican, but I applaud this message and agree with their words.

Watching this project crumble is hilarious. I know a lot of people are against it, but I think the labor union promises didn’t help, and of course making taxpayers fork over money too.

It's not just that a lot of people are against it. Aside form Ted and the politicians backing it, no one is for it. The local residents don't want it, state tax payers don't want to pay for it, fans don't want it.... I live in Alexandria and I have yet to hear anyone even on the fence about it; everyone is against it