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    <author><![CDATA[Isaac T. Graves]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The Redskins aren't putting up any of the money. <br>
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<a href="http://www.sportscity.com/nfl/salaries/washington-redskins-salaries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sportscity.com/nfl/salaries/was&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[it's spelled LOUDOUN.<br>
Good grief.
        
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      <![CDATA[dumb...richmond loves to waste money for nothing.
        
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      <![CDATA[Bridgette, that's WHY they come...for a chance to get close to players, etc, get autographs, etc, that you don't have during the regular season with games. <br>
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins-faithful-turn-out-in-ashburn/2012/08/04/e73a99ee-de66-11e1-af1d-753c613ff6d8_gallery.html#photo=10
        
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      <![CDATA[Do you realize these are not GAMES merely drills? Come on, these projections are ridiculous.
        
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      <![CDATA[You're right, my math was terrible! $41.46 is a lot more than 2.4 cents.
        
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      <![CDATA[Let's not forget the employees of Bon Secours who may have to forgo the annual increases in salary and upgrading or getting new equipment because of this deal.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[packfan]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Showering tax incentives and deals to rich companies for economic incentives to spur economic activity - GOOD. Showering tax incentives and deals to rich individuals for economic incentives to spur economic activity - BAD?
        
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      <![CDATA[I appreciate the debate and the questions. The $8.5 million figure is repeatedly used by city officials and supporters of the project to justify the expense of building the training camp, and essentially gifting the Westhampton site to Bon Secours.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[St George Pinckney]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Paul: When dealing with a finite amount of money, it is always about priorities, even if your wife's maiden name is Carnegie.<br>
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The fields will never pay for themselves. If the City wants to sell Westhampton School for the appraised value (which has not been obtained.
        
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      <![CDATA[George, good ideas are good ideas. While Tim's math may be somewhat lacking, the rest of his comment was right on point.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[St George Pinckney]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Tim Graves needs to go back to middle school math class. $8,500,000 divided by 205,000 is not 2.4 cents.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[St George Pinckney]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[While the Richmond Chamber promotes football fields, the 11/14/12 Wall Street Journal article on page A7 entitled "City's Tech Pioneers See Strenght in Numbers" outlines innovative companies locating in high broadband communities. If the joke called "RVA" really wanted innovation, money would be used to acquire Google Fiber at 125,000 kilobytes/second in place of game fields.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Tim Graves]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Oh please spend an entire article obsessing over a number used as an estimate and ignore everything else that isn't factored into that simple study that equates to a social and economic benefit to the city. The Redskins players will be staying here and they will spend more than $44.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alexander McLaughlin]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Scott,<br>
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This is a great article and really lays everything out. I agree that frankly, $8.5 million seems too high.
        
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      <![CDATA[Very very interesting read, and I think Mr. Bass has created a pretty compelling argument that the economic benefits are inflated (or flimsy at best). Should we be surprised?<br>
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The Bon Secours deal was pretty shocking when news of that came out a week or two ago.
        
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      <![CDATA[I appreciate the critical look at the deal.<br>
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Though I suspect this is more about VCU's eventual football ambitions than anything else. Just wait a few years and VCU will scoop this up at a bargain, on City taxpayer's dime.
        
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      <![CDATA[Style and Scott Bass never met a Richmond development they couldn't crap all over.
        
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