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PercyDovetonsils OP t1_j9ql19f wrote

Can we just fish or cut bait on baseball in Richmond? We've delayed so long on repairing or replacing the Diamond that now the city will have to pony up $3.5 million to upgrade a stadium that will soon be torn down, one way or the other.

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ExtremeHobo t1_j9u0e8g wrote

Completely agree, if private individuals want to fund a baseball diamond then great. I very much doubt the flying squirrels contribute $3.5 million to the city in the same timeframe. This money could be better spent on our parks but Redditors love their baseball. I mean we have a park that's almost completely inaccessible now because it needs a new bridge and we are throwing this money into something soon to be demolished.

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Potential-Height582 t1_j9rm05j wrote

Not sure why all the downvotes this feels pretty accurate.

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PercyDovetonsils OP t1_j9t9wwz wrote

I dunno. Maybe because people don't know the expression "fish or cut bait" means "stop dilly-dallying and make a decision"? I wasn't taking a stand for or against funding a new stadium or supporting baseball in Richmond. I would just like the city to decide one way or the other and do something. At this point the $3.5 million is wasted money that could have been better spent on a new stadium if the city wanted to make professional baseball in Richmond a priority, or conversely, on schools or other civic needs.

I don't particularly care which way the city goes. Baseball is fine and I enjoy it. Schools have critical needs and teachers should be better paid. I just hate wasting limited funds because they can't make up their minds.

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121G1GW t1_j9t2ujz wrote

Because sports, people bemoan taxes but then want to waste it on charity to rich people and companies. There is no economic benefit in funding stadiums. I've posted all the relevant facts before when people wanted to give half a billion to Snyder.

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