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Chargers, Raiders Meet With L.A. Officials To Discuss Plans For Proposed Carson Stadium

Chargers Chair Dean Spanos and Raiders Owner Mark Davis yesterday were in L.A. “meeting with Mayor Eric Garcetti and other political heavyweights and promoting their vision for a shared stadium in Carson,” according to Sam Farmer of the L.A. TIMES. A spokesperson for Garcetti confirmed the meeting and said the mayor “would welcome a team anywhere in the Los Angeles area.” Farmer notes Spanos and Davis “also had meetings” with L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson, County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Carson Mayor Albert Robles and Carson City Attorney Sunny Soltani (L.A. TIMES, 7/1).

BLOCKING SCHEME? The AP's Summer Ballentine reported Missouri state Rep. Jay Barnes “asked a judge to block Gov. Jay Nixon from working on plans to build a new NFL stadium in St. Louis, calling the effort a misuse of taxpayer dollars for an ‘illegal purpose.’” Barnes “represented a group of six lawmakers suing Nixon and officials who oversee the current Rams stadium” (AP, 6/30). In St. Louis, Virginia Young notes representing Nixon was Missouri Deputy General Counsel Andy Hirth, who “told Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem that Nixon has violated no laws by making statements and issuing press releases outlining the stadium proposal” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 7/1). A POST-DISPATCH editorial states, “There are plenty of good arguments to be made in favor of such a project. But at a time of limited funding for schools, roads, transit and other important public needs, there are plenty of arguments against the stadium, too.” However, in a “desire to put speed before public policy, Mr. Nixon and his pals are bypassing public debate entirely.” The two legal battles over the proposed NFL stadium are “more about process than they are whether one ultimately supports public funding for a stadium project.” State lawmakers are “merely asking that state law be enforced.” But Nixon is “standing on the sideline waving a pom-pom with one hand, begging taxpayers to look at him, while his other hand steals their credit card.” It is “not a pretty picture” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 7/1).

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