Marlins Deal With NAACP May Further Delay Proposed Ballpark
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Marlins Promised 15% Of Ballpark Construction
Work Would Go To Black-Owned Businesses |
The proposed Marlins ballpark has "hit yet another potential snag -- this one about race," as Miami-Dade County Attorney Robert Cuevas reportedly told commissioners Friday that he "cannot approve the stadium deal, or allow it to come up for a vote, because the Marlins signed a compact promising 15[%] of the construction work to black-owned businesses," according to Dolan & Rabin of the MIAMI HERALD. The county "phased out its practice of awarding contracts based on race after a federal court ruled it unconstitutional in the late 1990s." Because the Marlins ballpark would be funded "in large measure with public money, Cuevas is reportedly concerned that the ruling would also apply to the stadium project." But Victoria Mallette, a spokesperson for Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez, yesterday in a statement said the deal between the Marlins and the NAACP "is a private one" that has "no impact on the Baseball Stadium Agreements" pending before the county commission. Mallette: "We certainly don't think the deal is dead." Dolan & Rabin note the compact "pledges money from the Marlins' $120[M] share of the construction budget." County Commisssioner Carlos Gimenez: "It doesn't matter if it's their money, it's still our project." Cuevas' concerns "set off a series of hastily arranged meetings on Monday between city and county leaders, their lawyers, the Marlins and the NAACP -- trying to hash out a deal that satisfies the Marlins and black leaders but does not expose local officials to a reverse-discrimination lawsuit." Marlins President David Samson: "We're addressing (the concerns) in a way that will give comfort to the county attorney" (MIAMI HERALD, 3/17).
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