By Scary Barry Rodriguez October 17, 2013
From the very start of the campaign to get a new stadium for
the San Francisco 49ers I've had bad vibes ! Mayor Willie Brown engaged in some
political wrangling but even he couldn't get a deal done to keep the Niners
playing in a new San Francisco stadium. There were some murky dealings
associated with a ballot measure.
Then the man with the great hair and empty brain , Mayor
Gavin Newsom just couldn't get along with the York's ! Then the Chinese money
behind the Lennard developments in the Candlestick park area went south. Ex
49er Carmen Policy pitched in to help to no avail. Maybe his left hand was
doing this while with his right hand and
good old Joe Montana were securing property rights for a luxury hotel in Santa
Clara. I don't know.
Then it happened ! The fabled San Francisco 49ers were to
move to Santa Clara. Ugh ! For those who went to games in the old Kezar stadium
in Golden Gate park it was heartbreak hotel ! To be fair the Debartolo family
are just business folks from out of state , with no attachment to the Bay Area.
John York, now Jed York are just doing what any corporate folks would do.
Continuing with the bad karma was the next San Francisco
mayor Ed Lee going around wearing a little blue blazer with " The City
" over the pocket and a matching ball cap , trying to pretend that Santa
Clara getting the 2016 Super Bowl , was a win for the " San Francisco Bay
area in Santa Clara " ! There is no San Francisco Bay Area in Santa Clara
!
To add injury to insult the 2014 WWE Wrestle Mania is to be
held in Levi stadium. Yet that doesn't compare to the reality that two workers
have died building the stadium in the last four months ! This stadium and the
49ers in Santa Clara are doomed and headed for disaster. How much more blood
will be spilled building this yuppie paradise ?
As of 2014 I will be an ex season ticket holder. I went down
to Santa Clara with my best buddy and talked to the 49er folks about getting
season tickets for Levi stadium. It was like buying a new house. It was so
expensive with the added price of a seat license that most people have to sign
a sixteen page contract to pay for it . Not me ! The deep pocket Silicon valley
young billionaires in the Luxury boxes won't have to contend with Joe Six Pack
! On every level its a bad vibe feeling
!
I believe prior to the official opening of Levi stadium a
priest should perform an exorcism to rid it of evil spirits ! Nothing in my gut
feels right about the move , the way it was done , the bush league handling of
the matter by the NFL , Mayors Gavin Newsom and Ed Lee. The citizens of Santa
clara have been sold down the river by their small town Mayor and other city
government officials. The 49er organization has dealt with them like they were
farmers that fell off a lettuce truck. The people in Santa Clara are just
lapping it up ! Wait to they get the real bill in money and blood !
This article is dedicated to the memory of Donald white ,
fatally injured working on Levi Stadium on June 11, 2013 and Edward Lake II ,
fatally injured on October 15, 2013. I extend my condolences to their loved
ones and family.
WARNING:
THESE ARTICLES ARE INTENDED TO ENTERTAIN/EDUCATE AND PROVIDE THE AUTHOR WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET HIS MOJO ON!
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