Given failure on school construction, no justification for using City funds to build a new Baseball Stadium

We all have our ideas about what sort of ventures are worthwhile, or not, to receive the backing of tax money.

Most of us will probably agree that we need safe bridges across the James, but there’s been a lot of argument over whether a zillion-dollar opera house downtown is a vital priority.

To say no money should ever go from the City for a new ballpark is not something I’d agree with.

The deal that was made in 2003 for the Braves to pay a healthy chunk toward the $18 million to renovate the Diamond made sense. The counties agreed to put up their dough and it should have happened.

Then the silly ballpark-in-Shockoe Bottom movement got going and the deal fell apart — the counties lost their patience with the City’s bumbling methods and the Braves’ shifting positions.

Now I have no faith in the City’s ability to manage this matter, either, so I don’t want to see Richmond throw tax money at another boondoggle.

There’s no telling what will happen. It’s a mess and maybe could get worse.

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