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Guys, remember. The lease agreement is secure, but far from complete. And Jiggy-with-it still hasn't bought the team, along with his mysterious Balkan clan.
Is the lease official and binding as of right now or when GJ actually buys the team?
Jamison needs to buy the team.
And to buy the team from the NHL, Jamison needs to have a valid deal with the COG.
Round and round and round and round we go...We go round and round and round.
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Originally Posted by Puckschmuck
Guys, remember. The lease agreement is secure, but far from complete. And Jiggy-with-it still hasn't bought the team, along with his mysterious Balkan clan.
This thing ain't over yet.
Hey, I was born in Balkans and my people have nothing to do with it.
Good to hear, Yotes fans. This was a big step, and I was pulling for you guys. I hate seeing fans lose their teams, regardless of fanbase size or demographics or whatever.
Assuming this all actually happens as advertized, that Jamieson does indeed keep the team in Phoenix, the next step is clear: you'd better support the team. This is all for nothing if nobody shows up. It will literally be years and years wasted.
Someone took the keys to your car and threatened to drive away for years, Coyotes fans. Now that you've (in theory) got those keys back... now's the time to show us how well you can drive.
Thanks, but I'm so utterly sick of this ridiculous lecture. Who are you talking to? Phoenix Coyotes fans arent the problem. The problem is there aren't enough of them. So who exactly are you lecturing? Do you honestly think folks creepy enough about hockey that they skulk about the BoH forum at HFboards.com are dispassionate Coyotes fans? It's absurd. The folks you are dressing down have not yet ever seen or heard of this website.
Edit: Now here I am doing the same thing. Misplacing a lecture. I understand what you are saying and I appreciate the sentiment.
I agree the referendum is doubtful unless Jones gets help from the tax initiative people. The number of signatures is considerably higher due to the presidential election.
Will be interesting to see if GWI actually does anything.
CF: Even if the GWI did win a case on the gift clause, how would the agreement be affected?
Most likely, the plaintiff party (GWI or other) would seek injunctive relief during the next 30 days while the ordinance is dormant. (Because there was not sufficient support for the emergency clause, the ordinance allowing the city manager to execute the agreement cannot be signed until approx 12/27/12*). If injunction was granted, the city would be prohibited from signing the agreement until the verdict was entered (could be years). If it was found that the agreement was in violation of the Gift Clause, it would be void.
A referendum effort absent appropriate funding will likely fail again. A ballot drive with appropriate funding will likely succeed again. In a general sense, the timing is also slightly better for petition circulators, as the holidays will likely have more residents out and about compared to summer vacation season.
I'm most curious to see if any wildcards come into play. There is quite a bit of political capital on the table here waiting to be seized. An astutely advised new council member or mayor could gain wide recognition by attaching their name (and donor base) to a referendum effort. Nothing astute has ever happened in Glendale as far as I can tell though, so I'm not suggesting such an event will actually occur.
The next 30 days will be fun.
*Note: I don't think Glendale uses a "first reading, finally past" governance structure meaning this item is considered finally past based upon the vote last night. Some municipalities require a final passage 7 days later.
Fugu, I believe the BK docs indicated that Moyes requested $12MM per year; $6MM from Glendale and $6MM from Westgate merchants.
I wonder which vein of untapped Yotes fans will be the most productive?
1) The fans for whom Jobing is too inconveniently located
or
2) The general population of Glendale who now have the opportunity to support a team they never wanted to get their tax dollars in the first place; as they watch city services being cut to allow tax revenues to be funnelled to an ICE hockey team.
In any case, the current fan base is more than enough to continue making the franchise the money maker we all know and recognize.
Indeed CF. Wildcard. That's exactly what I expect. The unexpected.
It is exactly at times like these when we all start listing timelines and hurdles that some craziness comes out of nowhere and becomes THE topic of discussion for the next month. I think its about time we all again become expert in some mundane and obscure government/political/legal process.
If GJ had the cash, he should have bought it earlier. The logics behind waiting for a new council that's opposed to the deal is clear as mud.
Wouldn't the policemen, firemen and librarians be ready to give a hand to gather signatures to get the referendum? A lot of them are gonna lose their jobs in a few weeks, isn't that motivational enough?
Come dec 4th, people of Glendale will know the actual financial situation of their city. It's probably worst than anyone thinks.
The mayor made it quite clear imho that the city is subsidizing the Coyotes and the chances are that GWI won't let this go by.
I wonder which vein of untapped Yotes fans will be the most productive?
1) The fans for whom Jobing is too inconveniently located
or
2) The general population of Glendale who now have the opportunity to support a team they never wanted to get their tax dollars in the first place; as they watch city services being cut to allow tax revenues to be funnelled to an ICE hockey team.
In any case, the current fan base is more than enough to continue making the franchise the money maker we all know and recognize.
I can't imagine that you actually want to go round and round on this same tired argument again. You don't really, do you? Are you actually interested in discussing those answers to your questions with the same Coyotes fans again?
So why float this repetitive jab out there over and over again? It is no less tired than the "evil Canadian" routine. Really, its not. What's the point?
If GJ had the cash, he should have bought it earlier. The logics behind waiting for a new council that's opposed to the deal is clear as mud.
Wouldn't the policemen, firemen and librarians be ready to give a hand to gather signatures to get the referendum? A lot of them are gonna lose their jobs in a few weeks, isn't that motivational enough?
Come dec 4th, people of Glendale will know the actual financial situation of their city. It's probably worst than anyone thinks.
The mayor made it quite clear imho that the city is subsidizing the Coyotes and the chances are that GWI won't let this go by.
I don't see how this will go through.
Policemen, firemen and librarians are going to lose their jobs in a few weeks? And they can escape this fate by helping in an effort to refer the Jamison deal to the ballot? Are you sure about that? I feel like I'd probably have heard about that by now if it were true. Then again, a lot does get passed me.
I can't imagine that you actually want to go round and round on this same tired argument again. You don't really, do you? Are you actually interested in discussing those answers to your questions with the same Coyotes fans again?
So why float this repetitive jab out there over and over again? It is no less tired than the "evil Canadian" routine. Really, its not. What's the point?
If someone knowledgeable, as you seem to be, would answer these questions in a valid fashion, they may very well go away.
If someone knowledgeable, as you seem to be, would answer these questions in a valid fashion, they may very well go away.
Valid. Ha! That's rich.
Let me provide you with some answers that will probably meet your criteria for valid responses.
Alright, let me put on my preissingg hat and give this a whirl...
There is no vein to be tapped for hockey fans in the desert. Hockey is unnatural in any area without steady snowfall and frigid temperatures. Expanding the National Hockey League beyond Canada's border should only include a very select few American cities worthy of Canada's game. Cities like Buffalo, New York, Boston, Chicago(but only when they are winning), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh(but only when they are winning), DC(again, only good teams), Detroit, and Minneapolis. Expansion to places like San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Phoenix, Colorado, St. Louis, Ohio, Nashville, Atlanta, Florida, and Carolina is an endeavor bound to fail eventually, and completely.
There is absolutely no potential whatsoever in Phoenix or any other market in warmer states like California, Texas, Florida, etc.
Further the state of the US economy is now as it will always be and we shall never see a return to the climate that fostered much of this expansion to begin with. Places like Phoenix, which is still reeling from the housing collapse will never recover, may eventually bankrupt, and will more than likely be abandoned by their inhabitants and return to their natural, god given state of barren wasteland. As they should.
Policemen, firemen and librarians are going to lose their jobs in a few weeks? And they can escape this fate by helping in an effort to refer the Jamison deal to the ballot? Are you sure about that? I feel like I'd probably have heard about that by now if it were true. Then again, a lot does get passed me.
With at least 150 city jobs estimated to be eliminated in the first five years, along with multiple city services threatened down the road, with the approval of the agreement, council had a heavy decision weighing on their shoulders.
Can't say who exactly is going to be canned, but cuts are going to happen.
Let me provide you with some answers that will probably meet your criteria for valid responses.
Alright, let me put on my preissingg hat and give this a whirl...
There is no vein to be tapped for hockey fans in the desert. Hockey is unnatural in any area without steady snowfall and frigid temperatures. Expanding the National Hockey League beyond Canada's border should only include a very select few American cities worthy of Canada's game. Cities like Buffalo, New York, Boston, Chicago(but only when they are winning), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh(but only when they are winning), DC(again, only good teams), Detroit, and Minneapolis. Expansion to places like San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Phoenix, Colorado, St. Louis, Ohio, Nashville, Atlanta, Florida, and Carolina is an endeavor bound to fail eventually, and completely.
There is absolutely no potential whatsoever in Phoenix or any other market in warmer states like California, Texas, Florida, etc.
Further the state of the US economy is now as it will always be and we shall never see a return to the climate that fostered much of this expansion to begin with. Places like Phoenix, which is still reeling from the housing collapse will never recover, may eventually bankrupt, and will more than likely be abandoned by their inhabitants and return to their natural, god given state of barren wasteland. As they should.
Good start so far?
Given what you, as a knowledgeable Coyotes fan, have just described here, why were Yotes fans celebrating last night's COG vote?
Figured I'd try my hand at writing the intro, since my title suggestion got picked. Kind of hard to adapt because it's mostly a list of geographical locations.
If you ever plan to reinvigorate Westgate,
Negociate my way, take the AMF that is best.
Get your kicks on thread sixty-six.
It winds from Saskatoon to Tohono O’Odham,
More than two thousand investors all the way.
Get your kicks on thread sixty-six.
Now you go through Hamilton
Seattle, Washington,
And Québec city is mighty pretty.
You see Toronto 2,
Phoenix Monarch Group (some Mexicans…),
Scottsdale, Arizona.
Don't forget Moyes,
IEH, Hulsizer, San Balsillie…
Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that Arizona trip
Get your kicks on thread sixty-six.
Solo (performed by ducks)
Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that Arizona trip
Get your kicks on thread sixty-six.
Get your kicks on thread sixty-six.
Get your kicks on thread sixty-six.
So Jamison has until jan 31 to close the deal or new the council will/can void the agreement?
68 days away
Pretty sure Jan. 31 was the date included in the agreement which I believe was finalized before they were sure whether or not they'd maintain a pro-coyotes majority in the council. IIRC, the new council will take their seats two weeks sooner than that date. So, more like 54 days, I suppose. However, I don't think this agreement can actually be signed in less than thirty days from today. Haha.
It would appear that if this is going to close before the new council is seated, it'll need to be between December 28th and January 15th? Unless I've misunderstood.
This entire process is famous for it's "soft" deadlines.
True. And while it doesn't seem to make any sense for the JIG/NHL to want to deal with the incoming council, I just can't see a resolution to this coming prior to Jan.15. I just can't.
