City staff is going to ask city council for permission to issue 65 million dollars worth of certificates of obligation at the August 27, 2013 city council meeting.
It appears that the purpose is to pay for the projects that the prior council authorized last year.
A little over 1.1 million dollars of the money is for the “Bataan Railway Reconstruction Project”.
Is this a ballpark cost? Not according to the city. The railway just happens to be physically adjacent to the new ballpark. In fact from what I can see much of the seating on the first base line will be either over the railway or right next to it.
We have to wonder what the effects of noise, vibration, and fumes will be when a train passes during a ball game. I hope that tickets for those seats cost less.
Remember that in Robbing Peter is robbery I pointed out how certain projects that should be part of the ballpark are being run separately thus keeping the public from knowing the true cost of the ballpark.
When will all of the construction bids be in so that we will know what they are willing to claim the cost is?
We deserve better
Brutus
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