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02/27/07 BE
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
As I've said, I have not been on board with Mayor
Miller's army to block the TXU coal plants. Call me naive, but I believe
the technology is there to burn stuff (brown coal, etc.) cleaner, particularly
when we are talking about building entirely new plants. They are starting
with a known technology, which can be improved. The technology planned to
make the Mayor's Trinity Project work is not even designed at this time, so it
not is untested and cannot be improved until something goes wrong -- which it
will.
TXU wanted to build 11 coal-burning plants, the new owners will now build 3 new
coal-burning plants. Mayor Miller is not happy with that because at least
one of the remaining plants will burn the brown coal. Paul Woodfield There
are those who believe TXU never intended to build 11, that it was just a
bargaining strategy to get the 3 they really wanted:
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2/26/7 Paul Woodfield:
TXU never intended to build 11 plants. Going from 11 to 3
plants makes the new guys look great. The leg may allow 3 plants
to be fast tracked vs 11.
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He may be right. As I get
more mature/older, affordable air conditioning is more important to me than it
used to be.
CBS11's Sarah Dodd broke the news last night that the buyers of TXU are moving
the headquarters to Las Colinas. Go to
www.CBS11TV.com and watch the video of her broadcast "TXU Board approves
biggest private buyout ever". She reports that TXU will take 1000 jobs
from Downtown Dallas to Las Colinas. Boy, that's just great. She
also reports the new owners promise an initial 6% rate reduction to eventually
be a 10% rate reduction from our current TXU bills. Guess who Sarah Dodd
says they hired to lobby local governments (mayors & councils) to support the
buyout -- good old Ron Kirk. That decision alone makes me wonder if it's
not another Bad Deal for Dallas residents and businesses.
Rad Field has not been on board with Mayor Miller's traveling green team from
the get go:
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2/26/7 Rad Field:
The City of Dallas
procurement change (to other than TXU) for all street lighting
needs, plus the tantrums inflicted by the Council toward TXU has
really won the City a grand prize. TXU (one of the
nation's largest utility companies) has decided to move its
corporate headquarters from Downtown Dallas to Los Colinas,
Irving. Nice tax base to lose for Dallas - GREAT tax
package for Irving.
Way to go Dallas. We need more convoys to Austin to raise
cane against other Fortune 500 companies based in Dallas (if any
remain).
The $50 million assigned to the existing Cotton Bowl will
provide work for some in the area; however, few will enjoy the
new restrooms and extra seats when it's finished. In the
near future, the Cotton Bowl Game goes to "The Jerry Bowl" in
Arlington.
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I really get annoyed when
people blame the Mayor or the City Council for Jerry Jones taking the Cowboys to
Arlington. They were never coming back to Dallas. That was a ploy to
up the ante from Arlington. Due to a long term lease former Mayor Strauss
worked out for her husband, it would have cost millions just to buy out the
Starplex area, which was essential to make a Fair Park stadium work for Jerry
Jones. There would have been no money left for street and infrastructure
repair needed for Jerry Land.
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I hate everyone involved with the Cotton Bowl. They have no loyalty to
history, to tradition -- to anything. You've got all these transplants who
are not Dallas natives who hate the Cotton Bowl. They don't have memories.
They have no permanent ties to Dallas. After they have ruined our city and
drained everything we have, they will leave for other towns. Neither Ron
Kirk nor Laura Miller are from Dallas. They may like Dallas and find it
convenient to live here, but they don't have our memories and can never
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2/27
Anonymouse:
I'm sorry, Sharon, but you're completely wrong when you
say that the Cotton Bowl Board "has no loyalty to Dallas" and
"is a bunch of transplants."
The leaders of that board are old, old Dallas (Scofield,
Crawford, etc.) who have great, great love for this City.
The meeting today
was very emotional. Grown men cried, and the vote was not made
lightly. We had absolutely no choice, thanks to the refusal of
Dallas and the County to negotiate with the Jones.
And yes, Fair Park was
their first choice, no matter what you think. Jerry Jones
played in the Cotton Bowl, and he has great affection for the
old stadium.
Local government - both
city and county - fumbled the ball, plain and simple. Part of
the job of city leaders is to think about both the economic and
emotional impact of their decisions. Our leaders thought of
nothing but their pride and some bizarre need for "respect,"
regardless of the consequences. Now we all have to live with
the consequences of their hubris.
Not that I expect to
convince you. I just wanted you to know my thoughts.
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You can blame Mayor Miller for TXU leaving Dallas, her and her traveling green
team. You can't blame her for Jones taking the Cowboys to Arlington or for
the sellouts on the Cotton Bowl Board for taking the game to Arlington.
Blame that eventuality on former Mayor Annette Strauss and all the other mayors
who neglected the Cotton Bowl and Fair Park and never recognized that park as
the city's crown jewel.
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All those liberals who profess to care about the Dallas African-American
community don't like Fair Park because it's in South Dallas. They have
proved their animosity by their lack of development in the area. That
Arkansas Freak Jerry Jones never had any intention of investing in Fair Park.
He may have African-Americans working for him, but he didn't want his business
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2/28
Don Abbott
Did you have an upset stomach
when you heard the news about the Cotton Bowl? You know, that
dagger to the belly button feeling that comes only when you've lost
something you held dear and the
accompanying fear of how in the world to replace it.
Since the vote by the 74 gutless wonders that comprise the
Cotton Bowl Association board was behind closed doors (such a Dallas
way of doing things) , we'll never know for sure if "grown men
cried". Even if they did, their tears were a proverbial drop in the
bucket compared to the depth of despair in the community when the
word got out. Not one of the so-called "people that love Dallas"
had the courage to stand up to their golfing buddies and say
"No". Even 73-1 would have made us feel
better.
Everybody knows Dallas is out
of control. Hell, even the kids feel it. But,
not since the arena hold-up (first tax benefit to the city just 11
years away), has it been so blatant. The history of the Cotton Bowl
was thrown away like a piece of garbage. This was a dagger to the
heart of the community, if it even has one any more.
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This is a very sad week for Dallas. A very dark week.
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