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No news, but downtown stadium prediction [01/19 update @post 126]
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(01-11-2018 12:30 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Carrington saw it as an open agenda item & wanted to complete it & move on. Jeffco did & has.

The bigger problem is our newly elected Obama in the city will not go for this nor will the city council.

This will become more & more apparent so you can direct all of your complaining to the new prince of bel Birmingham.

When the voters of B'ham chose a "weak Mayor - strong Council" form of government in 1962, almost none of you were alive or of voting age (21 at that time). That is what we chose then, and what we still have. We are hearing / reading complaints about the B'ham Mayor not having the decision making powers we see in mayors of other cities. Take your complaints to the Council which controls the city's pursestrings. The Mayor cannot promise or spend a dime of city funds on his own (regardless of race).
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(01-11-2018 12:57 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  
(01-11-2018 12:30 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Carrington saw it as an open agenda item & wanted to complete it & move on. Jeffco did & has.

The bigger problem is our newly elected Obama in the city will not go for this nor will the city council.

This will become more & more apparent so you can direct all of your complaining to the new prince of bel Birmingham.

When the voters of B'ham chose a "weak Mayor - strong Council" form of government in 1962, almost none of you were alive or of voting age (21 at that time). That is what we chose then, and what we still have. We are hearing / reading complaints about the B'ham Mayor not having the decision making powers we see in mayors of other cities. Take your complaints to the Council which controls the city's pursestrings. The Mayor cannot promise or spend a dime of city funds on his own (regardless of race).

William Bell had no problem doing it. Just because Woodfin can't personally sign the check doesn't mean he can't be out talking up the project and saying it should be done. Being a leader doesn't only mean having personal authority to do things. How much authority did Bill Clark have to bring back the football program? Yet everyone would agree he is one of the most important leaders responsible for its return
01-11-2018 01:03 PM
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RE: No news, but downtown stadium prediction
Of course the other side of the coin... What if he's actualy against it(I don't think this is the case)? Would you really want him promoting that point of view? Its probably best that he attempts to straddle the fence and avoid major conflicts that could be avoided by talking things out in private - unlike the previous administration and its relationship with the council...
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Word is that Woodfin is now on board. City Council is the hold up.
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You also have a few new members on the council as well.
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Thank the Lord.
01-11-2018 01:27 PM
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I know this is putting the cart before the horse a little bit, but I would think this stadium would do wonders for our profile to move up to a better conference in the future.
01-11-2018 01:47 PM
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(01-11-2018 09:34 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  
(01-11-2018 08:51 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  As long as all of these companies are never paying any taxes, there will never be money to improve education, and auto assembly will be the best jobs that ever show up in Alabama

This is patently false. Creating new jobs increases tax revenue regardless of if the corporation gets incentives.
True!
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(01-11-2018 01:47 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  I know this is putting the cart before the horse a little bit, but I would think this stadium would do wonders for our profile to move up to a better conference in the future.

Since we are using horse analogies, let's beat a dead one... so would the stadium we tried to build 7 years ago, and that would have been ahead of the last conference shuffling.

(Of course then we would have had McGee for 2014, football would not have been killed, and who knows who we would have for a coach for 2015 to present after firing Mr. kickoff both halves, kick your best player off of the team pre-season to send a message, and don't bother coaching your last game because the opponent is winless and you just don't give a crap anymore.)
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Question for those in the know...

Who are all the entities who we are expecting to pony up with the $$ for the new stadium? We know the JeffCo Commission is in for $30 over 30 years, but that's just a drop in the bucket for the whole price tag of the planned complex. Are we assuming the city is in for the rest, or are there others who would be a part of the investment?
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(01-11-2018 02:25 PM)bftb Wrote:  Question for those in the know...

Who are all the entities who we are expecting to pony up with the $$ for the new stadium? We know the JeffCo Commission is in for $30 over 30 years, but that's just a drop in the bucket for the whole price tag of the planned complex. Are we assuming the city is in for the rest, or are there others who would be a part of the investment?

City's portion is reportedly going to be $90M over 30 years. I assume the rest is made up of the BJCC, corporate sponsorships, and UAB's long-term lease. It'll be interesting to see which company pays for the naming rights.
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(01-11-2018 02:25 PM)bftb Wrote:  Question for those in the know...

Who are all the entities who we are expecting to pony up with the $$ for the new stadium? We know the JeffCo Commission is in for $30 over 30 years, but that's just a drop in the bucket for the whole price tag of the planned complex. Are we assuming the city is in for the rest, or are there others who would be a part of the investment?

The only non-revenue money is from the city, the county, and the BJCC. The bulk of the money comes from the BJCC and lodging taxes dedicated to the BJCC. The rest (lease income, event income, naming rights, etc) would be operational revenue funneled through the BJCC
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(01-11-2018 12:30 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  The bigger problem is our newly elected Obama in the city will not go for this nor will the city council.

Wow!! Didn't take long or a big shoehorn to slip that dog whistle in
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Actually I believe Woodfin is more like Bernie Sanders.

We will see how he "mayors"
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(01-11-2018 12:34 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  
(01-11-2018 12:30 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  newly elected Obama

Give me a f'n break

You rang? 04-cheers

This will be interesting to see play out in the Bham/JeffCo dysfunctional arena. The effects of Jim Crow live on in the local government and will outlast our children, unfortunately.

And BandDad--you're right about the 1901 Alabama Constitution. I did a research paper on it in school and the level of stupid in that document is mind-blowing. Here in ATX, I pay 5x the property tax, but our city has nice things.
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(01-11-2018 10:41 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  Here in ATX, I pay 5x the property tax, but our city has nice things.

And you pay $0 state income tax.
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(01-12-2018 12:38 PM)BatesUAB Wrote:  
(01-11-2018 10:41 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  Here in ATX, I pay 5x the property tax, but our city has nice things.

And you pay $0 state income tax.

Every state is like every store in that it crafts its revenue producing "goods" in a system that seems to fit its priorities and needs. Some have income taxes and some don't (TX, TN and some others), some have heavy sales taxes and some don't (some who do exclude food and prescription drugs, Alabama doesn't), many have state property taxes - Alabama doesn't (some cities - like Mountain Brook - and some counties have modest local property taxes).

Alabama starts collecting state income taxes at about $12,000 while some states don't collect any until "poverty level"($23,000) is reached. According to a NEWS article, a poverty level family in Alabama pays about $500 more annually in state taxes than they would in GA or MS.

Basically, Alabama crafts its tax system to hit the bottom 60% hardest and its top 10% lightest. (A recent study showed that the upper 10% paid 3% of annual income in state taxes while the bottom 60% paid over 10% of annual income in state taxes-- a difference of about 300%.) Alabama politicians have always taken a NO TAX pledge - particularly for those "top 10%ers" they have always given a relatively free ride through exemptions or waivers if taxed at all.
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(01-11-2018 02:30 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  
(01-11-2018 02:25 PM)bftb Wrote:  Question for those in the know...

Who are all the entities who we are expecting to pony up with the $$ for the new stadium? We know the JeffCo Commission is in for $30 over 30 years, but that's just a drop in the bucket for the whole price tag of the planned complex. Are we assuming the city is in for the rest, or are there others who would be a part of the investment?

City's portion is reportedly going to be $90M over 30 years. I assume the rest is made up of the BJCC, corporate sponsorships, and UAB's long-term lease. It'll be interesting to see which company pays for the naming rights.

Red Diamond Tea, and or Hyndaui Motors would be cool' One on the south endzone and one in the North Endzone get a two for one and then top it out with The Fish Market and all the companies and investors.
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(01-11-2018 12:57 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  
(01-11-2018 12:30 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Carrington saw it as an open agenda item & wanted to complete it & move on. Jeffco did & has.

The bigger problem is our newly elected Obama in the city will not go for this nor will the city council.

This will become more & more apparent so you can direct all of your complaining to the new prince of bel Birmingham.

When the voters of B'ham chose a "weak Mayor - strong Council" form of government in 1962, almost none of you were alive or of voting age (21 at that time). That is what we chose then, and what we still have. We are hearing / reading complaints about the B'ham Mayor not having the decision making powers we see in mayors of other cities. Take your complaints to the Council which controls the city's pursestrings. The Mayor cannot promise or spend a dime of city funds on his own (regardless of race).

Sounds as if the decision has been made to move forward, Announced it on Wjox not going to cite what was heard though.
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A few Alan Collins tweets on this in the last few hours....
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