11/16/2006

Another step for the SWING

From QCTimes.net this morning:

City council approves JOD lease

Despite misgivings by a couple of aldermen, the Davenport City Council approved a long-term lease Wednesday night with Florida-based Main Street Baseball, paving the way for new ownership at city-owned John O’Donnell Stadium.

Under the conditions of the lease, Main Street — which also operates a Class A baseball franchise in Columbus, Ga. — will lease the stadium for 25 years.

Under the terms of the contract, the city gets an annual payment of $273,000 for the first two years of the lease and $385,000 annually in years three through 25. Current owner, Seventh Inning Stretch, now pays a little less than $490,000 on its 15-year lease.

The lease agreement vote was not made without some spirited debate.


The highlight (to me) of the spirited debate:
“It’s always interesting to see how many attorneys show up after a contract is written,” he said. “This contract has been negotiated by the legal department. We fiddle and diddle with things in this city until they’re gridlocked.”

'fiddle and diddle'. I have GOT to use that during a game at John O'Donnell Stadium next season.

The one commenter (so far) on the story atQCTimes.net has a bad feeling about this:

Comment 3: And this is the same legal department who was found to be in error on Malin's contract. We're doomed.

Buck up there, Camper. Turn that frown upside-down.

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