I am reading Robert Andrew Powell's book, "This Love is Not for Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez". I am afraid, as with Juarez Indios back then. the rest of the country pretends the Quakes don't exist. Wondo and Lenny seem to be the only things about the Quakes that have caught the general public's eye.
Would love to see Gonzalo Higuain close out his career alongside his brother Federico in a few years in Columbus! Save the crew!
City of Columbus sues to keep Crew: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180305/ohio-columbus-suing-to-keep-crew-sc-from-moving-to-Austin Copy of the complaint: http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/...tives/State-v-PSV-Complaint-and-exhibits.aspx
The first hearing is not until Mar-2019. I follow UCLA Professor Steven Banks on Twitter, and he just tweeted that the suit does not look promising because it would involve state jurisdiction over inter-state commerce. And it would affect so many other states, that the case would have to go to the Supreme Court. Where of course, the current majority would not rule in Ohio's favor. Bottom line, a law suit is not going to #SaveTheCrew. All MLS fans need to carry the sword. I heard a great quote last week, along the lines of, If you get to heaven and have no scars or wounds, didn't you find anything worth fighting for?
One law professor? Last I checked there were 9 Supreme Court justices. The dormant Commerce Clause has no real friends. Conservatives hate the dormant Commerce Clause on general federalist principals. And Liberals dislike the clause because it impedes their efforts to circumvent federal foot-dragging on climate change. (Google the clause and you will see the people talking about avoiding it are primarily environmentalists looking for state regulations on interstate commerce). Typically, the law is complicated, there are existing exceptions, and then there are those to be created to favor the interests du jour.
If you have links to an actual professorial analysis of the allegations, not simply a string of the professor's pithy tweets, I'm interested to read it. I have read the complaint, and Paragraph 6 appears to be a veiled defense of the statute against a constitutional challenge under the dormant Commerce Clause: "The statute is narrowly written . . . It applies only to owners whose teams use 'tax supported' facilities and accept 'financial assistance' from the state or a political subdivision, and it applies to in-state and out of-state moves alike." We can discern from this that the Ohio AG's office was conscious of a potential attack on this basis during the drafting of the document.
Hey Don, Precourt recently made an announcement that the move to Austin would gain the city $400M of benefit over 20 years. Do we have any way of knowing how much benefit San Jose reaps, or claims to reap, from the presence of the Quakes?
Indeed. "An increasing number of Bay Area residents are planning to move out of the area, or at least considering it, primarily because of housing prices, the rising cost of living and traffic . . ." https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-s-high-prices-traffic-could-spur-11037498.php
Absolutely. We're looking at where we want to retire, and although we love this area it just seems like it's only going to get more congested, more expensive, and ultimately less liveable.
Yeah, I have had 4 good friends move away in the last few months, for different reasons, but, all were homeowners who were able to sell and make a killing on their house. Makes leaving a lot easier!
I know. Our son is has not-too-subtly intimated that if we move we should allow him to move into our home, but of course it forms a not-inconsiderable portion of our retirement plans, so I don't know if that will be practical or not. It's a shame that a lot of young people who grew up here will likely never have the opportunity to buy a home unless their parents give or leave them property in the area. My daughter will shortly get her license in occupational therapy, and even though that is a pretty "hot" field right now, she understands that she is going to have to find somewhere else to ply her trade if she wishes to have a reasonable lifestyle. I don't understand how the current situation is sustainable, but frankly had you asked me the same thing 30 years ago my response would have been the same....
I could retire tomorrow by moving to Buffalo. The Quakes are a key reason I have not already. Not the only reason, but a key reason.
OTOH, you can buy a house for the price of a cappuccino in the Bay Area. https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sa...1,-78.752575,42.817817,-78.999768_rect/11_zm/ Whereas, an 800-something square feet house in Sunnyvale recently went for $2 mil.
http://www.sfyimby.org/ Supply of single family homes can't increase very much but we could substantially increase housing supply by building more density. The bay area is very suburban and not very dense. My friends from India, China, Europe and the East Coast metros don't think we are that crowded.
Reminds me of a story about portland. there was a previous wave of emigration of people from the bay area to portland in the 90's. Now all those ex-californians are complaining about the current wave of bay area emigrants arriving.