Phoenix LVII (or MDCCLXXVI): Declarations of (In)Dependence
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to hope to dissolve the political bands which have connected a team with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and what-cities-they-think-deserve-a-team entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all cities are created equal (although some are more equal than others), that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Franchises."
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My name is James Balsil-Lee; Ontario is my home
My name is James Balsil-Lee; Ontario is my home
And my horses turn to glue if I can't deliver
Unto you a hockey franchise through a Phoenix Bankruptcy!
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BoG:
Mr. Bettman, I say you should buy it
To your legal mind and dollars we defer
GB:
Is that so? Well, if I'm the one to do it
They'll run their quill pens through it
I'm obnoxious and disliked, you know that, sir
HFBoards:
Yes, We know
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Is anybody there?
Does anybody care?
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12-08-2008
Hockey in The Desert (Phoenix franchise and finance/business matters)
02-04-2009
Hockey in the Desert II (Phoenix Coyotes franchise and business matters)
05-05-2009
Balsillie puts in $212.5 mil offer for the Coyotes
05-07-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix part II
05-18-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix part III
05-22-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix part IV
06-03-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix part V
06-09-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix Part VI
06-12-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix Part VII: I'm just waitin' on a judge
06-16-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix Part VIII: It's dead, Jim
06-24-2009
Balsillie/Phoenix Part IX: 'Dorf on Hockey
07-25-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part X: The Truth? You Can't Handle The Truth!
08-03-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XI: A Fistful of Dollars?
08-07-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XII: For a Few Dollars More
08-12-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XIII: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
08-21-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XIV: The Wrath of Baum
08-27-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XV - SITREP: SNAFU
09-02-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XVI: Barbarian at the Gate
09-08-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XVII: Wake Me Up When September Ends
09-10-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy/ownership Part XVIII: Is that a pale horse in the distance?
09-12-2009
Phoenix bankruptcy Part XIX: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Baum
09-21-2009
Phoenix Bankruptcy Part XX: There Will Be Baum
09-28-2009
Phoenix Bankruptcy Part XXI: 2009 -- A Sports Odyssey
10-26-2009
Phoenix Bankruptcy Part XXII: Long and winding road
11-24-2009
Keeping up with potential owners for NHL Phoenix Coyotes (UPD: Ice Edge signs LOI)
03-14-2010
Part II. Potential owners of NHL's Phoenix Coyotes
03-26-2010
Part III. Prospective Owners - Phoenix Coyotes (UPD Lease vote 4/13; IEH signs MOU)
04-10-2010
Part IV Phoenix Coyotes post bankrtuptcy; UPD COG approves Reinsdorf MOU, not IEH MOU
05-02-2010
Part V Phoenix Coyotes post bankruptcy UPD Reinsdorf out? IEH back in? else Winnipeg?
05-11-2010
Part VI Phoenix Coyotes post bankruptcy
05-23-2010
Part VII Phoenix Coyotes post bankrtuptcy
06-07-2010
Part VIII: Phoenix Coyotes Post-bankrtuptcy
06-22-2010
Part IX: Phoenix Coyotes Post-bankruptcy UPD: Pres Moss fired 6/30 with IEH input
07-26-2010
Part X: Phoenix Coyotes - Between Scylla and Charybdis
08-27-2010
Part XI: Phoenix Coyotes -- Greetings, Starfighter, You have been selected ...
09-16-2010
Part XII: Phx Coyotes - Still haven't found what I'm looking for
10-12-2010
Part XIII: Phoenix Coyotes - The Final Cut?
10-27-2010
Part XIV: Phoenix Coyotes - To Infinity And Beyond....
12-05-2010
Part XV: Phoenix - the battle of evermore
12-14-2010
Part XVI: Phoenix -- Money for Nothing
12-20-2010
Part XVII: Phoenix -- Thread Title Available For Lease
01-09-2011
Part XVIII: Phoenix -- Imminence Front
01-24-2011
Phoenix XIXth: Nervous Breakdown
02-02-2011
Phoenix XX: Two weeks
02-11-2011
Phoenix XXI: When will then be now?
02-22-2011
Phoenix XXII: It's Now or Never
02-28-2011
Phoenix XXIII - Bond: The Phoenix Project
03-03-2011
Phoenix XXIV: How many twists does the scriptwriter have left?
03-07-2011
Phoenix XXV: Anyone in the theatre seen a pale horse?
03-08-2011
Phoenix XXVI: Pain in the AZ
03-11-2011
Phoenix XXVII: Can we all get along?
03-16-2011
Phoenix XXVIII: Lawyers, Bonds and Money
03-20-2011
Phoenix XXIX: What's the next act? I'm tired of the dog & pony show
03-22-2011
Phoenix Part XXX Hulz, you gotta get a gimmick if you want to get ahead
03-27-2011
Phoenix Part XXXI: I feel I'm in a time loop
04-05-2011
Phoenix Part XXXII: Bridge over Troubled Goldwater
04-14-2011
Phoenix XXXIII: Sound of Silence
04-20-2011
Phoenix XXXIV: Project Mayhem
04-25-2011
Phoenix XXXV: Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave...
05-03-2011
Phoenix XXXVI - There's got to be a morning after
05-10-2011
Phoenix XXXVII - The Heat is On
Followed by the Interregnum between Kings Phoenix the XXXVII-th and Phoenix the XXXVIII-th:
[PYTHON]
The most interesting thing about King Charles, the first
Is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall at the start of his reign
But only 4 foot 8 inches tall at the end of it because of
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England Puritan
Born in 1599 and died in 1658 September
[/PYTHON]
06-09-2011
ESPN's Burnside: Hulsizer submitted new deal; COG city manager dragging it out
06-20-2011
Coyotes related: Westgate faces foreclosure
06-21-2011
Phoenix, worst case scenario
Finally, the realm was restored ...
06-27-2011
Phoenix XXXVIII: Hulsizer Pulls Bid For Coyotes
08-16-2011
Phoenix XXXIX: You Never Give Me Your Money
10-18-2011
Phoenix XL: Rich Man's World
12-07-2011
Phoenix XLI: Bongo Fury
01-06-2012
Phoenix XLII: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything
02-02-2012
Phoenix XLIII: How to Bake Cupcakes in Less Than Two Weeks
02-28-2012
Phoenix XLIV: Ignorance & Apathy (or I Doan't know & I Doan't Care)
03-28-2012
Phoenix XLV: You can't YANDLE the truth!
04-11-2012
Phoenix XLVI: (Tre)living on a prayer
04-21-2012
Phoenix XLVII: More Threads than Superbowls
05-01-2012
Phoenix XLVIII: Of Mice and Lieberman
05-08-2012
Phoenix XLIX: Smoke & Mirrors
05-21-2012
Phoenix L: AllByDesign?
05-30-2012
Phoenix LI: es, Damn Lies, and Arena Management Fees
06-06-2012
Phoenix LII: Goodnight, Sweet Lieberman
06-08-2012
Phoenix LIII: How the GWInch Stole Phoenix
06-12-2012
Phoenix LIV:E and Let Die
06-19-2012
Phoenix LV: is Has Left the Building
06-26-2012
Phoenix LVI: s is Still Dead (or Maybe Working at a 7-11 in Glendale)
07-04-2012
Phoenix LVII (or MDCCLXXVI): Declarations of (In)Dependence
A couple if Phoenix uThreads have popped up in the wake of the "To close, or not to close" mega-thread discussion:
03-16-2012
COG to spend more on Coyotes than public safety?
03-22-2012
Dreger (3/22): NHL to investigate "plan b" for Phoenix
03-23-2012
Sunnicks strikes again "will they stay or will they go now?"
03-28-2012
G&M: Architects of Glendale pro sports disaster won't be around for fallout
03-30-2012
Shoalts: Ice Edge talking about bringing (minor) hockey to the Job should Yotes leave
04-04-2012
Shoalts: Glendale Mayor Scruggs wants city's $$ back
04-05-2012
Coyotes CEO 'confident' team is staying in Glendale
04-05-2012
Puck Daddy: Coyotes battline relocation worries with public optimism
04-06-2012
A strong PHX team in the playoffs may bring a new owner.
04-10-2012
Father of PHX AGM Brad Treliving involved in keeping Coyotes in Glendale?
04-10-2012
PKP offer for Coyotes may be 230 million (mod: to QC w/relo $$)
04-10-2012
Beasley: Coyotes deal within a month
04-11-2012
Glendale, NHL trying to close Phoenix Coyotes deal with Jamison group
04-11-2012
Bettman: no timeline on Phoenix situation (AP)
04-13-2012
Adding up the Numbers in the Phoenix Jamison Bid
04-16-2012
COG's Lieberman calls for demonstration against Coyote deal
04-17-2012
COG - budget payment to Jamison group not to exceed $20m?
04-17-2012
GWI ready to scrutinize new deal
04-18-2012
Coyotes sale soon, five things to watch
04-21-2012
Jamison looking for more investors on Coyotes bid, could be 1-2 months away from deal
04-21-2012
Greg Jamison finally goes public with potential purchase of the Coyotes
04-24-2012
Glendale Busts its Budget; Pledges More Money for Yotes
04-27-2012
Coyotes working to convert bandwagon fans to full time fans
04-28-2-12
4/28: Coyote sale deal getting closer
04-30-2012
Phoenix Coyotes sale finalized May 8th? Hulsizer back in?
05-03-2012
Phoenix CEO/Pres Nealy - something could happen next week
05-04-2012
Feschuk: Phoenix Coyotes doing just fine, thanks
05-04-2012
If the yotes make the finals
05-04-2012
Former Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes assails NHL over Coyotes’ operations
05-07-2012
NHL to announce tentative deal re: sale to Jamison
05-08-2012
Sportsnet: COG promising $306mm over next 21 years
05-08-2012
Wall Street Journal: 'Glendale's Public Hockey Project' = Loss
05-17-2012
Phoenix saga: 5/22 end date
05-17-2012
Jamison signing preliminary sales docs with NHL 5/17 or 5/18
05-21-2012
Goldwater Inst. ready to sue Glendale over arena management deal
05-23-2012
COG council approves preliminary budget with $17m payment for arena management
05-25-2012
Preliminary draft of lease agreement for Jobing.com in hands of COG board
06-04-2012
Phoenix lease details
06-05-2012
Bettmans plan may unravel in Phoenix (vote coming 6/8)
06-06-2012
The angst of Phoenix -- from three major league teams to one (that use city name)
06-06-2012
Forbes: Jamison having trouble raising funds
06-07-2012
GWI letter to Glendale Mayor and Coucilmembers
06-07-2012
Arizona Free Enterprise Club opposes COG deal
06-07-2012
Goldwater Institute Files for Restraining Order
06-11-2012
Coyote name change on hold?
06-13-2012
13 June, Goldwater files suit
06-14-2012
Halverstadt on NHL Home Ice talking Coyotes
06-14-2012
Coyotes deadline "now"? NHL schedule releasing soon
06-15-2012
PBJ: CoG says they'll withstand GWI legal challenge
06-15-2012
AFEC considering ballot (referendum) and COG concil recall
06-18-2012
Phoenix Coyotes, NHL looking for legal counsel to represent team, arena
06-19-2012
Coyotes deal not immediately effective - Referendum to follow?
06-26-2012
COG + GWI agreement on non-emergency status
06-28-2012
Jones/Cobb v Glendale (Coyotes Court Case)
07-04-2012
Coyotes PAC formed
07-04-2012
COG city council candidates voice opposition to Coyotes deal
07-05-2012
Shoalts 7/5 update on Coyotes situation
07-09-2012
Coyotes lease referendum petition not submitted by 7/9
And, hey, why not, for completeness:
03-05-2010
NHL sues Jerry Moyes