Stadium proponents in for fight with Braman at helm of opposition
Sunday, January 06, 2008
MIAMI-DADE
Braman makes pitch against stadium
An auto dealer who has successfully campaigned against past tax increases started waging a public case against the new downtown redevelopment plan and baseball stadium.
Posted on Sat, Jan. 05, 2008
By LARRY LEBOWITZ AND MATTHEW I. PINZUR
Luxury auto dealer Norman Braman's blitz against a $525 million Florida Marlins ballpark and billions of dollars of downtown projects hits the airwaves next week -- just before a crucial County Commission vote on the stadium financing.
''Here they go again,'' the narrator intones in the first radio ad set to air Monday. ``The downtown development deal is a downtown double-cross.''
Braman said Friday that a political action committee he created has purchased 175 spots on English and Spanish stations in advance of the County Commission vote Thursday. [More]
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If anybody on the County Commission is impressed with what a spoiled, arrogent, art-collecting Rolls Royce dealer thinks about public matters, I want to know now so we can toss their stupid butts out in the next election!
Posted by: ARealPerson | Monday, January 07, 2008 at 09:04 AM