Mesa officials pragmatic on pace of Cubs entertainment district

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• Leon Ceniceros posted at 7:48 am on Sun, Jul 17, 2011.

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  Folks, I don't know about you but I am beginning to get a whiff of something that smells like another Mesa City Hall "Billionaire Bail-out Boondogle"

  I seem to recall our "Good Mayor" Scott Smith waving all these slick, expensive renditions or the Cub's $100 Million Dollar Tax-Payer Funded "Rodeo Road looking Stadium and Entertainment Wonderland..............NOW WE ARE FINDING OUT THE STADIUM WILL PROBABLY NOT BE OPEN FOR FANS UNTIL 2014...........AND THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE WILL BE A..........."PATHWAY WITH LAWN AND MAYBE SOME REAL NICE TENTS AND KIOSKS".

  DID THE TAX-PAYING CITIZENS OF MESA GET...."SNOOKERED"...AGAIN ???

  Oh, and don't you just love the "high-priced" public relations firm's descriptions;
  EXCITING IDEAS......TEMPORARY OFFERING...COMING TOGETHER SOON...WRIGLEYVILLE IN CHICAGO HAPPENED "ORGANICALLY" OVER 100 YEARS...AND THE BEST ONE, FROM....MESA MAYOR SCOTT SMITH HIMSELF...."WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING UP WITH INTERESTING FEATURES THAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE".....BOY, MAYOR SMITH GOT THAT RIGHT.....AND THE MESA TAX-PAYING CITIZEN LOOKS LIKE HE WON'T BE SEEING THOSE........."INTERESTING FEATURES".....FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

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• UnhappyinMesa posted at 9:13 am on Sun, Jul 17, 2011.

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  What it will be, is a tax funded eyesore - with a direct road to Tempe Marketplace.

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• NothingButTheTruth posted at 11:14 am on Sun, Jul 17, 2011.

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  I'm not in favor of paying grown men millions of dollars to play children's games. Send them packing back to Chicago or wherever they come from. You want to watch children play games go down to your local high school.

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• Accuracy posted at 8:47 am on Mon, Jul 18, 2011.

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  Cubs entertainment – Mesa Riverview – just across the street

  1) No Waveyard – water park/commercial/hotel development project near the Chicago Cubs facility
  2) No Wrigleyville West entertainment district – shops and restaurants at/near the Chicago Cubs facility

  That’s good news for the Mesa Riverview located near there – just across Dobson Road with a good variety of shops, fast food restaurants, stores, restaurants, super walmart, common stores, and hotel. Include Bass Pro Shops, Cinemark Theatre, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, Matta's Grill & Cantina, Famous Dave's Barbecue, Logan's Roadhouse, the Hyatt Place Phoenix/Mesa hotel, and Howie's Game Shack and Sports Authority.
  

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• Leon Ceniceros posted at 11:28 am on Mon, Jul 18, 2011.

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  LOL...........HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN IN THE ....BASS PRO SHOP....LATELY DURING THE WEEK.....THERE WERE MORE....STUFFED HEADS THAN CUSTOMERS.........WHEN I WAS LAST THERE.

  ACCURACY MADE A GOOD POINT.....WHEN AND IF ..WAVEYARD AND WRIGLEYVILLE WEST...EVER GET BUILT...[wink]...WHERE ARE ALL THE CUSTOMERS GOING TO COME FROM. ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS MENTIONED AREN'T THAT CHEAP TO EAT OR PARTY AT. WE ARE TALKING ATLEAST $50 PER PERSON A VISIT FOR 3-4 HOURS...IF NOT MORE. GOING TO THE MOVIES WITH CANDY, POPCORN AND A LARGE SODA-POP IS ABOUT $20 PER PERSON....A FAMILY OF FOUR IS LOOKING AT DROPPING A C-NOTE ($100) TO WATCH THE LATEST ..."HARRY POTTER" MOVIE.
  
  WHO HAS THAT KIND OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING THESE DAYS ???

  I REMEMBER ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO (WHEN I STILL HAD THE OLD JALOPY) DRIVING AROUND AND AROUND THE PARKING LOTS AT COSTCO...WAL-MART AND SAM'S CLUB LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPACE.
  NOW THERE IS PARKING GALORE EXCEPT ON SATURDAYS....AND EVEN THEN YOU CAN FIND LOTS OF PARKING.

  REMEMBER WHEN THE........"CHECK-OUT" LINES AT THESE PLACES WERE....20 SHOPPING CARTS LONG..........NOW...THE CHECKERS ARE BECKONING YOU THE MOMENT YOU COME IN THE ENTRANCE.
  THERE IS........"NO MONEY" ...AROUND ANYMORE....IF PEOPLE BUY ANYTHING IT IS BECAUSE ...........IT'S ON SALE....OR IT'S ...GENERIC.

  THE..........DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ...........STILL DON'T GET IT....AMERICA HAS CHANGED.........DONE A 180.......NO MORE "LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS"....WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A WOMAN WITH A...LOUIS VUITTON $500 HAND BAG...OR.....$200 DOLCE AND GARBANI (SPELLING...LOL) DARK GLASSES...........HECK FOR THAT MATTER...WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW SOMEONE DRIVING A ...MERCEDES...AN AUDI..OR A BMW........NOW THE TOP OF THE LINE CAR FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS IS A ......JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE.

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• Butters posted at 8:22 pm on Mon, Jul 18, 2011.

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  Leon, I know one thing for sure about Scotty Boy Smith, he will NOT be getting my vote again in the next election for mayor. He fooled us all once like the Teleprompter President fooled so many of the American people the first time around.

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