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	<title>Comments on: Miami taxpayers one step closer to paying another $1.2 million per year to benefit the Marlins</title>
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		<title>By: rcali</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/miami-taxpayers-one-step-closer-to-paying-another-1-2-million-per-year-to-benefit-the-marlins/comment-page-1/#comment-262733</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recession?  What recession?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recession?  What recession?</p>
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		<title>By: sawxalicious</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sawxalicious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wasn&#039;t there a story a few months back about a law in Florida requiring publicly funded stadiums to house the homeless on off-days?  This story really makes me hope they turn that stadium into a soup kitchen or a battered women&#039;s shelter....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wasn&#8217;t there a story a few months back about a law in Florida requiring publicly funded stadiums to house the homeless on off-days?  This story really makes me hope they turn that stadium into a soup kitchen or a battered women&#8217;s shelter&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: AlohaMrHand</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/miami-taxpayers-one-step-closer-to-paying-another-1-2-million-per-year-to-benefit-the-marlins/comment-page-1/#comment-262646</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AlohaMrHand]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok well SOMEBODY has to pay to keep that aquarium clean...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok well SOMEBODY has to pay to keep that aquarium clean&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Nick C</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick C]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I commented in the original post, this is just an epic fail by the city&#039;s lawyers. As an attorney in the leasing business I can tell that it is a standard provision in ALL lease contracts that the lessee is responsible for ALL taxes. Reading through the article this line jumped out at me:

&quot;Regalado, who voted against the stadium as a sitting commissioner, said he opposed the deal because the Marlins would not be on the hook to pay for more expenses.
“I don’t even think that the conversation about taxes took place,” Regalado said.&quot;

What!?!? How could this not even come up? The city&#039;s only hope is that they engaged outside counsel to negotiate and draft this lease. Then they might have a slim chance of prevailing in a malpractice suit against the firm.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I commented in the original post, this is just an epic fail by the city&#8217;s lawyers. As an attorney in the leasing business I can tell that it is a standard provision in ALL lease contracts that the lessee is responsible for ALL taxes. Reading through the article this line jumped out at me:</p>
<p>&#8220;Regalado, who voted against the stadium as a sitting commissioner, said he opposed the deal because the Marlins would not be on the hook to pay for more expenses.<br />
“I don’t even think that the conversation about taxes took place,” Regalado said.&#8221;</p>
<p>What!?!? How could this not even come up? The city&#8217;s only hope is that they engaged outside counsel to negotiate and draft this lease. Then they might have a slim chance of prevailing in a malpractice suit against the firm.</p>
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		<title>By: mackie66</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mackie66]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the smoke settles and political croonies are off to jail, then we(public) might know just how deep the graft went to get this stadium built.  Parking garage should pay the property tax like us sorry home owners do.  But then there would be another 1.2 million wasted on public schools.  Dont forget you gotta graft the unions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the smoke settles and political croonies are off to jail, then we(public) might know just how deep the graft went to get this stadium built.  Parking garage should pay the property tax like us sorry home owners do.  But then there would be another 1.2 million wasted on public schools.  Dont forget you gotta graft the unions.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Someone would have to sue.&quot;

Gimme a break, idiot. Does the name &quot;Norman Braman&quot; mean anything to you?

I say soak the goddamned city. Maybe it will be one more prod to the dimwitted voters of Macondo to stop voting lockstep ethnic like a bunch of decerebrated sheep and take the time to vet your candidates on the basis of their integrity, the soundness of their ideas instead of the island they came from.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Someone would have to sue.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gimme a break, idiot. Does the name &#8220;Norman Braman&#8221; mean anything to you?</p>
<p>I say soak the goddamned city. Maybe it will be one more prod to the dimwitted voters of Macondo to stop voting lockstep ethnic like a bunch of decerebrated sheep and take the time to vet your candidates on the basis of their integrity, the soundness of their ideas instead of the island they came from.</p>
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		<title>By: cur68</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cur68]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FTW]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FTW</p>
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		<title>By: HitsDingers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[HitsDingers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[+1]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>+1</p>
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		<title>By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: tomtravis76</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tomtravis76]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is still 81 home baseball games. The Marlins better have seat fillers on the gameday payroll. They will be crushed by the media for having an empty stadium come mid-May. But then again why would Loria care, he is making tons of money now, even before one concession item has been sold.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is still 81 home baseball games. The Marlins better have seat fillers on the gameday payroll. They will be crushed by the media for having an empty stadium come mid-May. But then again why would Loria care, he is making tons of money now, even before one concession item has been sold.</p>
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		<title>By: El Bravo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[El Bravo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Si, motherf@cker.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Si, motherf@cker.</p>
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		<title>By: asharak</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[asharak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, well played. Well played, sir.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, well played. Well played, sir.</p>
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		<title>By: yodougmurphy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[yodougmurphy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(c), Motherf****r.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(c), Motherf****r.</p>
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