Wilder Administration Wrong on Baseball. Today's RTD about bulldozing The Diamond and not replacing it a huge mistake by City Hall.

Goldman for Mayor - 09 August 12 - For Immediate Release: Contact, 804-833-6313

Today's RTD story requires any serious candidate for Mayor to respond.

"First, I reject any plan to bulldoze the Diamond and eliminate any baseball stadium from the current area, indeed that would be tantamount to the Wilder Administration having driven baseball out of Richmond."

"Second, given that voters will soon be electing a new Mayor and a new City Council, it is the height of arrogance, not to mention a big waste of time and money, for a lame duck City Hall and/or lame duck City Council to be involved in the proposal process from developers and/or campaign contributors referenced in today's Richmond Times Dispatch."

(Richmond) - Paul Goldman, candidate for Mayor, responding to the revelations about city government in today's RTD, said that "after failing to do anything for almost 4 years, and driving the Braves out of Richmond, it would be the height of arrogance for a lame duck City Hall and a lame duck City Council to handcuff the people of Richmond to another of their failed visions or schemes."
"In a very short time, we will have a new Mayor and a new City Council" Goldman said. "What City Hall and City Council need to do is to concentrate on closing what the Mayor says is a 6 million dollar hole - I believe City Hall and City Council have actually created a far bigger fiscal mess - in the city budget, not on some last minute attempts by lame duck officials to impose another of their failed visions or schemes on the people of Richmond."

"First, I reject any plan to bulldoze the Diamond and eliminate any baseball stadium from the current area, indeed that would be tantamount to the Wilder Administration having driven baseball out of Richmond, as there is no other viable location for a Triple AAA or Double AA stadium in the City."

"Second, given that voters will soon be electing a new Mayor and a new City Council, it is the height of arrogance, not to mention a big waste of time and money, for a lame duck City Hall and/or lame duck City Council to be involved in the proposal process from developers and/or campaign contributors referenced in today's Richmond Times Dispatch."
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