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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:49:26 PM |
Chesterfield Needs a Stadium
To the Editor:
Why doesn’t Chesterfield County consider putting in a baseball stadium in the area adjacent to Colonial Heights? A team could draw from some sound financial areas existing and yet to come (the tri-cities area). Thanks to Rt. 288 and interstates 295, 95, and 85, this is an easy area to get to; that location would allow people living in South Richmond, Chesterfield, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Prince George, Dinwiddie, and yes, even Henrico, Amelia, and Powhatan (thanks to 288). This area is a strong baseball area. Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights and area Little League/Legion baseball are synonymous. People in that area do not mind paying for a ticket to a good baseball game!
Please don’t misunderstand me. I do like having a world-class cultural center of museums, science, and fine arts. But, also make no mistake, despite all the commentary to the contrary, the city of Richmond is dying on the vine and no one really wants to go there on a weeknight to support a baseball team. For many, it is just too far to drive for the hassle. Why does a vibrant county like Chesterfield keep tying its future to Richmond? Why don’t we become the kind of place that Richmond once promised to become years ago? One only has to follow the media for six months to get a belly full of the City Council and Mayor’s back-and-forth. Meanwhile, the city burns (figuratively).
We need to lead in this, not follow. Stop waiting for a city that can’t get its own act together to help us.
Jay C. Bates
Inadequate Explanation from Dr. Owens
To the Editor:
I read Dr. Robert Owens’ analysis of the market meltdown and the bailout, and I must say there is an item left out. That item is deregulation. Deregulation was an important element in the disaster, as it allowed the financial industry to hold hands and jump off a cliff together without having to climb a barbed wire fence of laws on their way there.
In my view, this omission prevents a full understanding of the disaster. Sure, there is plenty of blame to pass around on this one, and the Democrats certainly share the blame for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. But the deregulation effort was led by Phil Gramm and other Republican legislators in Congress.
As to the notion that we would all be better off without the bailout, I doubt it. We live in a global system of credit that affects everything from our payroll at the office to the shipment of broccoli to Ukrop’s. I do not trust that to keep working in an environment of zero confidence in credit. How many of us remembered to plant broccoli this summer? Without credit, we would have the choice of making it ourselves or doing without.
Chris Wiegard
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