Vincent Orange, fighting Kwame Brown for Gray’s seat, went with a smaller Cadillac SUV than his competitor. What, he couldn’t afford an orange paint job?

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two guest writers we invited to comment on the stadium lease, which is set to be voted on tomorrow. First off was Vincent Morris, the mayor’s spokesman, speaking in favor of the stadium deal, and now we have Council-member David Catania (I-At Large) opining against it.

The Stadium is Bad News for the District
By David Catania

“If you build it, they will come,” infers the voice in the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams.”

“Build it and money will appear,” seems to be the exhortation of Mayor Anthony Williams and other proponents of spending an ever-growing and ultimately boundless sum of money on a baseball stadium at the proposed South Capitol Street site.

It’s one thing for Hollywood to indulge in fantasy, quite another for the elected officials.

The District’s elected representatives should deal in facts, and they should speak the truth to those who got them there.

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