1. The St. Pete Pier Project will go well and citizen
participation in the on line survey will surpass all expectations.
2. The final Pier selection will be the Citizen's
choice.
3. Tampa will not be able to find a suitable site for a
baseball stadium nor the money to finance it. Buckhorn will throw the ball back
to Kriseman and hold him responsible for keeping baseball in the Bay area.
Kriseman will punt. Never did really understand the game.
4. Unless it's a fire sale, Stu Sternberg will not sell
the Rays for one simple reason: there will be no buyer. Sternberg's hard nosed dealings
with the City, all that weaseling to get out of the use agreement, and Major
League Baseball's attitude toward the franchise will be enough to turn off all
but the most ego maniacal maniac buyer. Even baseball will take a walk.
5. The Rays will have a less than stellar 2015 season
and attendance will continue to sink. Beer and hot dog prices are likely to
rise. Mortgages will be available to those wishing to purchase season tickets.
6. The Rowdies will have a great year ultimately making
the play offs. Attendance will be up, way up. The games will be exiting, fun
and reasonably priced. Home games will grow into a significant downtown event.
7. The City will open the MSB parking garage for
Rowdies home games parking and donate the proceeds to the Arts Community. The
Edwards Group will staff the garage. Much better idea than the beer cup thing.
8. There will be at least one Rowdies home game where
attendance will exceed the Rays lowest home attendance.
9. Mayor Kriseman will finally rediscover his campaign
promise to the west side and actually do something beyond 16th street.
10. The Mayor and City Council will stop just taking
credit for being an arts destination and build permanent arts funding with a 1
million dollar line item in the 2015 budget.
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St Pete won't do anything at all to the pier unless it burns down. And then they'll just turn it into another decrepit fishing pier. If you let senile old farts decide your future, you won't get one.
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