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San Diego plays big role in Field of schemes
Response to #38: I have always wondered: What is the accounting manuver that allows an organization to claim they are having financial trouble. Recently Moores claimed they were still paying for the Bruce Henderson lawsuits. They don't have to open their books to the public. What accounting report are they hiding and what would it show. Also, what is the difference between what they report and the reality that they will not show? Dave— April 8, 2008 8:39 p.m.
San Diego plays big role in Field of schemes
I remember reading Don's columns in the UT when the ballpark was being promoted. He would repeatedly point out that our tax dollars were badly needed for sewer repair and other infrastructure updates rather than being spent on corporate welfare. What really gets me about the Padres ownership/management is that they have worked to make baseball less accessible to the general public. Rather than building the ballpark in a Central location, such as Kearney Mesa, we have a downtown ballpark. Our citizens had complained that downtown was hard enough to navigate BEFORE the ballpark was built. Ticket prices have increased 69 per cent from the last year of Qualcomm. Yet the player payroll has increased by one half of one percent over the same period. The behavior of Padres ownership does not warrant an active fan base.— April 6, 2008 10:25 p.m.