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June 27, 2003 [LINK]

D.C. to MLB: now or never

A few days ago MLB Relocation Committee members met with D.C. and Virginia officials, and now the clock is tick, tick, ticking... There were two articles about this in today's Washington Post. Steven Pearlstein applauded D.C. Council member Jack Evans for standing firm against any action to fund a new stadium, forcing Mayor Anthony Williams to halt his aggressive promotion of such a project. Thomas Boswell alludes to the political hazards of spending taxpayer money for entertainment purposes in an election year:

If baseball procrastinates in its decision to relocate the Expos, it's almost certain that neither the District nor Northern Virginia will be able to make as good an offer -- or in D.C.'s case, perhaps any serious offer at all -- a year from now.

NOTE: This is a "post facto" blog post, taken from the pre-November 2004 archives.

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