Guest host Gary Gibbons spoke with St. Petersburg City Council member Lisset Hanewicz about a range of topics including the controversial deal between the city and the Tampa Bay Rays to build a new stadium and redevelop the Historic Gas Plant District and the recent hurricanes.
After the Pinellas County Commission delayed a vote on a stadium bond, the Rays sent them a letter suggesting a new deal might need to be worked out because of cost overruns due to delays. But Hanewicz says that the city and the county pushing back key votes should not be a dealbreaker.
“And to be clear, I’m not saying that the Rays don’t have any value. The issue is you have to look at the agreements and what the deal is and what the terms are. And the question is how much is too much?” Hanewicz told WMNF. “And frankly, you know, here we are in a situation where this letter that the Rays have sent, they did it on their own. Nobody forced them to send this and they’re trying to blame the County Commission for a delay of vote. There’s no way that that delay of three weeks — by the way, we delayed the vote (too) — a hurricane happened. That (delay) in no way caused this.”
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