Purdy: Let's have a decision already on A's-to-S.J.

Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff smiles while talking about a batting practice session during a spring training game between the A's and the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, February 26, 2009, in Tempe, Arizona.

[San Jose Parent]

The economics of new stadiums do not stand up to the claims of those who have a vested interest in their development - read for yourselves -
http://marketpower.typepad.com/market_power/2...
and here's another to consider -
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/1997/summer...
Oh - and those who own property in the surrounding area need to be concerned about their declining property values. Here's why -
http://ideas.repec.org/p/spe/wpaper/0616.html
More can be found - just GOOGLE "Stadium Economics" and look for those studies authored by someone other than MLB promoters.

[San Jose Parent]

SJ Parents will hold the council and staff personally liable when their EIR ignores this data -
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv23n2/...
Read this for yourselves - demand a vote -- property values will dive ---- the economics benefit a small number of businesses closely tied to the stadium - others will suffer.

[No As in SJ]

How can City Council conclude that the ballpark is good for local economy when SO SO SO So many independant sources state otherwise.

That your city leaders choose to ignore this data and move so agressively in favor of the Wolfes advantage tells you there is more to the story than you and I are aware of ...

Listen and decide for yourselves -

http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R902061730