Dallas is at it again. The city government spends more time attached to the tit of big business and local sport than they do considering the needs of the schools and infrastructure. This time they're rolling over and letting the Cowboys entertain the idea of razing the Cotton Bowl and building a new stadium within Fair Park. After spending all of the money restoring the beautiful art deco frescos and facades, they're actually thinking of dumping a gargantuan stadium in the middle of on of the last pieces of true art deco architecture left in the US.
My Google Bombs for the month: Absolute Failure : Corporate Whore
By injecting a major sports arena into the Fair Park area I see the following negative impacts occuring, for starters;
Maybe I'm the only resident who feels this is monumentally stupid and that the Cowboys should find some farmland or zoned area close to the existing "dome from hell" within Dallas County. I believe this should be put to a referendum and the citizens/voters/tax payers should say no to funding another sports arena we don't need and won't see any direct benefit from. Tell Laura Miller to get off her high-horse and start fulfilling some of her campaign promises first before wrecking our city's treasures. Stop placing expensive reader boards over streets that cause blowouts if you hit a pothole wrong. Fund the schools, re-open public pools, open a friggin' library on Fridays & weekends, quit bending over to football, basketball and hockey and focus on what makes a city ....... a city.
Posted by kerry at April 16, 2004 10:44 PM | TrackBack