Jay Adcook, left, and I visited "Dodgertown" in Vero Beach, FL to watch the second to last LA Dodgers spring training game in Florida before the Dodgers move to the Phoenix, AZ area for spring training.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Kerry and Jay at "Dodgertown"
Jay Adcook, left, and I visited "Dodgertown" in Vero Beach, FL to watch the second to last LA Dodgers spring training game in Florida before the Dodgers move to the Phoenix, AZ area for spring training.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
FM $4,600,000 Stadium Shot Down
News from The Post-Standard
F-M voters reject stadium/turf proposal
Fayetteville, NY - School board members will meet next week where they may begin discussing alternatives after thousands of Fayetteville-Manlius residents turned out Wednesday and voted to reject a $4.6 million proposal to build a new sports stadium and to install turf.
The vote, announced at 9:40 p.m., was 4,213 against and 2,296 for the proposal.
John Berry / The Post-StandardFayetteville-Manlius residents voted today to decide if their school district is to build a new sports stadium and to install turf. Brenda Vander Voort, who resides in the town of Manlius, casts her vote at Fayetteville Elementary School.
It was a record turnout for the district.
Chris O'Neil, of Faytteville, said she was clearly disappointed. "My community seems to have voted for their self-interest and not for a sense of community and civic responsibility," she said.
As district officials got ready to close the polls at 9 p.m., voters in the parking lot ran to the door to get into Fayetteville Elementary School. One of the last voters let into the building at 9:02 p.m. said she had been trying to get into the parking lot for 30 minutes.
District officials said anyone in the building as of 9 p.m. would be allowed to vote. More than 60 people were lined the halls waiting to vote when they closed the doors.
At 8 p.m., the line stretched more than 100 feet outside Fayetteville Elementary school and then snaked through the halls of the school. It was taking more than 20 minutes to vote.
People parked at nearby Wellwood Middle School and walked because traffic was so backed up to the school and on nearby Fayetteville-Manlius Road.
F-M officials prepared paper ballots because they were concerned the machines might fill up. Shortly after 7 p.m., four machines had already been filled to capacity.
So many people came to vote during the day that officials soon realized they needed more than the two voting machines they began the day with.
Officials opened up four machines for voters. The district has never had to use more than two machines. Later, officials added four more voting machines - for a total of eight - to handle the large crowds.
The traffic backup forced Fayetteville Elementary to dropoff and pickup children at nearby Wellwood Middle School. The children then walked to the elementary school.
Manlius police during the day were on F-M road directing traffic. School custodians worked to keep cars flowing to parking spots.
During Wednesday morning rush hour proponents of the proposal waved signs urging residents to vote yes. At schools, signs reminded parents to vote on the proposal. A throng of voters showed up. After voting, it took more than 20 minutes to get a 1/4 mile down the road from the school, said Maria Welych, a Post-Standard copy editor.
The proposal has divided the F-M community, pitting supporters against opponents. Both sides erected signs, launched and took out newspaper ads, and wrote letters. Interest was so strong that more than 500 people sent in absentee ballots, an unusually high number. The last F-M turf vote drew about 100 absentee ballots.
F-M voters reject stadium/turf proposal
Fayetteville, NY - School board members will meet next week where they may begin discussing alternatives after thousands of Fayetteville-Manlius residents turned out Wednesday and voted to reject a $4.6 million proposal to build a new sports stadium and to install turf.
The vote, announced at 9:40 p.m., was 4,213 against and 2,296 for the proposal.
John Berry / The Post-StandardFayetteville-Manlius residents voted today to decide if their school district is to build a new sports stadium and to install turf. Brenda Vander Voort, who resides in the town of Manlius, casts her vote at Fayetteville Elementary School.
It was a record turnout for the district.
Chris O'Neil, of Faytteville, said she was clearly disappointed. "My community seems to have voted for their self-interest and not for a sense of community and civic responsibility," she said.
As district officials got ready to close the polls at 9 p.m., voters in the parking lot ran to the door to get into Fayetteville Elementary School. One of the last voters let into the building at 9:02 p.m. said she had been trying to get into the parking lot for 30 minutes.
District officials said anyone in the building as of 9 p.m. would be allowed to vote. More than 60 people were lined the halls waiting to vote when they closed the doors.
At 8 p.m., the line stretched more than 100 feet outside Fayetteville Elementary school and then snaked through the halls of the school. It was taking more than 20 minutes to vote.
People parked at nearby Wellwood Middle School and walked because traffic was so backed up to the school and on nearby Fayetteville-Manlius Road.
F-M officials prepared paper ballots because they were concerned the machines might fill up. Shortly after 7 p.m., four machines had already been filled to capacity.
So many people came to vote during the day that officials soon realized they needed more than the two voting machines they began the day with.
Officials opened up four machines for voters. The district has never had to use more than two machines. Later, officials added four more voting machines - for a total of eight - to handle the large crowds.
The traffic backup forced Fayetteville Elementary to dropoff and pickup children at nearby Wellwood Middle School. The children then walked to the elementary school.
Manlius police during the day were on F-M road directing traffic. School custodians worked to keep cars flowing to parking spots.
During Wednesday morning rush hour proponents of the proposal waved signs urging residents to vote yes. At schools, signs reminded parents to vote on the proposal. A throng of voters showed up. After voting, it took more than 20 minutes to get a 1/4 mile down the road from the school, said Maria Welych, a Post-Standard copy editor.
The proposal has divided the F-M community, pitting supporters against opponents. Both sides erected signs, launched and took out newspaper ads, and wrote letters. Interest was so strong that more than 500 people sent in absentee ballots, an unusually high number. The last F-M turf vote drew about 100 absentee ballots.
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