OK, @davekaval, you're about to get some truth from a long-time member of the "SF Media." But I also got my metro newspaper start with seven years at the Oakland Tribune. I lived in Berkeley when I went to Cal and in the East Bay for all but nine of the 42 years ...
https://twitter.com/DaveKaval/status/1398778962428321795
... I have been in NorCal. I have some standing here. I've been here almost as long you've and I've seen more than you, and I have to say I have never witnessed a more incompetent attempt to secure a new ballpark than what I've seen with you. First, I would have thought ...
... after the Laney College fiasco that whatever came next, you would have had your ducks in a row BEFORE your stadium and financing plan. But the city of Oakland pushed back the day you proffered your Howard Terminal plan because of the public money. Actually, I understand ...
... the concept of tax-increment financing (yes, a big term even for a member of the "SF media") and don't think it's a terrible way to go. But instead of trying to explain this to a community that got fucked by the #raiders return, you bring in @mlb with the cynical and ...
.... totally transparent "permission to explore other cities," and your trip to Vegas. Listen, my friend, the boat trip to McCovey Cove? Funny. Your unconventional and out-of-the-box sales and marketing to get people to come to the Coliseum? All the props and credit ...
.... in the world. But Howard Terminal? I don't see it happening. You're in over your head and all you're going to do is once again disappoint one of the most loyal fan bases in all American sports. Think about some of this before you start ripping on columnists who frankly...
... know more than you do about the community that you're now trying to squeeze -- regardless of where they work or live.
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