\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 feel those tax dollars getting sucked out of your pocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 feel those tax dollars getting sucked out of your pocket 666309[/snapback] Arguably, the worst single financial deal in the history of mankind. Not only did the local Government bend over backwards to make this thing happen, they made sure every city tax payer is bending over forward without any lube. Good thing I live in the cushy burbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Arguably, the worst single financial deal in the history of mankind. 666322[/snapback] I don't know. The British deal to fund Delorean's Northern Ireland plant was pretty horrible. And then there's the whole "Manhattan for beads" deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 And then there's the whole "Manhattan for beads" deal... 666329[/snapback] Worked out well for the oppressor though. Sometimes win--lose deals happen. Take Rob Johnson for instance. Please! (Henny Youngman reference for the old timers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Worked out well for the oppressor though. Sometimes win--lose deals happen. Take Rob Johnson for instance. Please! (Henny Youngman reference for the old timers) 666333[/snapback] 80% of the posters right now are scratching their heads and asking themselves "Henny Youngman? Was he on last season's American Idol?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 feel those tax dollars getting sucked out of your pocket 666309[/snapback] Considering that the City of Rochester will be out about $30MM when all is said and done, I don't really mind the $24,000 / day to give the new administration time to TRY to get the deal right this time. My gut feel is that there's the potential for the City to lose roughly another $5-10MM if they don't get the sale correct. At $24k/day (if Channel 13's #'s are correct, my guess is that they are high), it gives them somewhere between 20 - 40 days of "planning" time, before they would have been better off doing a Johnson and just jumping into the sale with both feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Considering that the City of Rochester will be out about $30MM when all is said and done, I don't really mind the $24,000 / day to give the new administration time to TRY to get the deal right this time. My gut feel is that there's the potential for the City to lose roughly another $5-10MM if they don't get the sale correct. At $24k/day (if Channel 13's #'s are correct, my guess is that they are high), it gives them somewhere between 20 - 40 days of "planning" time, before they would have been better off doing a Johnson and just jumping into the sale with both feet. 666345[/snapback] Is your Dad the Mayor of Rochester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Is your Dad the Mayor of Rochester? 666353[/snapback] no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Try to arrange for a hurricane to form over Lake Ontario! The money will be never ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 That is what happens when a supreme idiot is elected by other uneducated idiots to run the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 80% of the posters right now are scratching their heads and asking themselves "Henny Youngman? Was he on last season's American Idol?" 666337[/snapback] Was this the guy that said something to the effect of: "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblehead Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Arguably, the worst single financial deal in the history of mankind. 666322[/snapback] The history of mankind doesn't know there is an "upstate" New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Is your Dad the Mayor of Rochester? 666353[/snapback] For out of area folks, it was the former mayor, "Edsel" Johnson, who brokered the original Fast Ferry deal. The first sign that they might not have thought things out was when it did not fit through the St. Laurence Seaway locks to get onto Lake Ontario, without spreading butter on the sides. Current mayor Duffy was very influential in killing it before it bled taxpayers even more. And no, he is not MY dad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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