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Utah Doesn’t Deserve ReAL Salt Lake

Friday, February 2nd, 2007 | | 1 Comment

This post is dedicated to my father-in-law, Bob. I know you’ve been waiting for a RSL post from me.

So once again. ReAL Salt Lake, the MLS team, is without a home. Discussions have been going back and forth for quite some time about where to build the stadium, and what funds to use. Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Caroon has decided he doesn’t want the stadium built in Sandy because…well, his reasons are unclear. He doesn’t really want to spend money, even though there is a great deal of support for the stadium. (Despite the fact that rumors were started that money was going to be taken from local public schools to build the stadium - complete nonsense.)

There are several reasons why keeping RSL in Utah is a good thing. It brings money. It makes Utah look like a real state (by having more than one professional sports team). It will help boost the quality and interest in local youth soccer programs. The games are fun! I could go on, but it is very near-sighted of Mayor Caroon to nix the building of a stadium because of perceived political pressure.

My hope is that the stadium will be built at some point, because the games are awesome, and my husband and I want to purchase season tickets. (Of course, those are purely selfish reasons.) There is nothing like going to a soccer game. All the seats are great, the games are exciting, and developing soccer programs will give the US a chance at moving up in world soccer rankings.

My hope is that the team will stay, but what team would want to be in a state that has made them feel so unwelcome with all of the runaround they’ve been getting in regards to their stadium? San Jose lost the Earthquakes because they wouldn’t build a stadium. Hopefully Salt Lake won’t be next, but who knows. RSL - you do have some big fans in Utah, and we went you to stay.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom - The Epitome of High Moral Standards

Thursday, February 1st, 2007 | | No Comments

Ok, so my post title was a bit sarcastic…Gavin Newsom is a total and utter moron. This isn’t just because I think his politics are terrible (which, of couse, I do). Mr. Newsom just apologized today for being caught having an affair with his campaign manager’s wife.

Pathetic.

Gavin Newsom, as we all know, really does not have much in the way of morals. He’s dishonest, such as the time when he began issuing gay marriage licenses in San Francisco, even though it had been voted as illegal by the residents of California. The marriages were later nullified by the California cout system, but Newsom wanted to do as he pleased, legal or not.

Newsom is such a moron - this affair he had with his manager’s wife was a blatant slap in the face to someone that had worked so hard in his behalf. He even had the gall to say that he accepted the resignation of [manager] Alex Tourk with “great sadness.” Of course he was sad - he was sad that he got caught and lost someone that worked so hard for him! He explained the affair as being a “lapse in judgement” for him. What an idiot. But I guess that’s to be expected…his entire political career is a complete lapse in judgement. Nice one, Mr. Mayor.