Braves ditching The Ted for suburbs

The property owners should file for foodservice or retail licenses, and charge $20 for a hot dog or "Fuck Cobb County politicians" buttons ... parking is for customers only.

 

The good freedom-loving cracker nitwits of Cobb County have no one to blame but themselves. I predict that all government officials involved will be resoundingly re-elected after a few choruses of the Bonnie Blue Flag.

 

That's a low blow. Most people in Cobb County, which has money and demographics comparable to the Boston suburbs you call home, didn't ask for this any more than y'all asked to have the Olympics shoved down your throats.

 

No, they didn't. But they elected the folks who did it. Boston 2024 was a private affair that failed when it didn't get the support of residents. If Cobb County throws out a few of the officials that voted in this scam, I will heartily applaud its citizens and even more heartily apologize.

 

Those politicians are keeping out rapid transit. Their jobs are safe.

 

Shortly after Snyder became owner, the Skins lobbied the Prince George’s County authorities to authorize a ban on all pedestrians from entering the grounds of Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (renamed FedExField after the delivery firm offered Snyder $205 million), even on public sidewalks. No public hearings were held before the ban went into effect. There was essentially no public transportation to the games, so the ban meant fans had no choice but to drive and park in the Snyder-owned lots.

Pedestrian ban/parking monopoly in hand, Snyder jacked the parking rate up from $10 to $25.

http://deadspin.com/the-atlanta-bra...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

 

Braves are learning from the best.

 

Wait till that home opener when people find out that parking is now $25 and that it is illegal to park elsewhere and walk in. You only *think* you've heard some bitching up till now.

 

Amazing (not really) how those outraged by this parking ploy make nary a peep when some other, more preferred, ox is gored. I don't recall hearing much caterwauling over Austin's sticking it to Uber and Lyft ...

 

Austin is a liberal haven, so I'm sure their hearts were in the right place.

 

I don't know when this idea of "You may not complain about a particular thing if you have not decried every other injustice, real or perceived, that is even tangentially related," took root. But it is stupid and a growing (and a bipartisan, I might add) menace.

 

You raise a good point, dixie, but I don't think people realize how these things not only are sort of similar ... they are exactly. the. same.