Raiders take $17 million from Oakland as city lays off 200 cops - The Orange Mane

Bacchus · 01-09-2013, 07:52 AM

Oakland Pays $17 Million for NFL Raiders as Cops Fired

Oakland, California, the fifth-most crime ridden city in America, faced a $32 million budget deficit last year. It closed the gap by dismissing a fourth of its police force, more than 200 officers.

Untouched was the $17.3 million that the city pays to stage 10 games a season for the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders and to host Major League Baseball’s Athletics in the O.co Coliseum. The funds cover debt financing and operations and are supplemented by $13.3 million from surrounding Alameda County, based on data compiled by Bloomberg from public records.
Enlarge image Police Headquarters in Oakland

A police officer walks by patrol cars at the Oakland Police headquarters on December 6, 2012. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Oakland Fires Police as NFL Subsidies Bust Budget
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Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Rebecca Kaplan, a city council member in Oakland, California, talks with Bloomberg's Kevin Thrash about the city's budget deficit and subsidy agreement with the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders. Oakland mirrors dozens of other U.S. cities and states whose taxpayers provide publicly owned facilities and financial subsidies to teams in the NFL, the U.S.'s most-popular sports league with more than $9 billion in annual revenue. (Source: Bloomberg)
Chart: NFL Subsidies
Enlarge image Oakland Coliseum

Raiders players sit on the sideline during a game at Oakland Coliseum on Dec. 16, 2012. Photographer: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images

“If someone calls 911, you’re looking at an indeterminate amount of time before an officer can respond,” says Barry Donelan, 40, a sergeant who is president of the Oakland police union. “Citizens are suffering.” Reversing a renewed rise in violent crime is out of the question, he says.

Now the city is under pressure to replace the 46-year-old structure to keep the Raiders. The team’s owners may move to nearby Santa Clara and share an under-construction, $1.2 billion venue with the San Francisco 49ers, or to Los Angeles, where the City Council has backed a $1.5 billion stadium hoping to lure the NFL. Losing the Raiders would leave Oakland with about $145 million in debt, which originated 17 years ago in part to bring the team back from Los Angeles.
‘Didn’t Work’

“The 1995 deal didn’t work from a financial perspective for any party to the deal -- city, county or Raiders,” says Amy Trask, chief executive officer of the Raiders. “That shouldn’t stop us from trying to reach a deal that works for everyone.”

Read More Here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-1....sustain.story

Bacchus · 01-09-2013, 07:53 AM

looks like the ****hole just got ****tier.

Rohirrim · 01-09-2013, 07:57 AM

"Oh, boo hoo."

ChampJesusBailey · 01-09-2013, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rohirrim

"Oh, boo hoo."

what is this i dont even

Los Broncos · 01-09-2013, 08:15 AM

Nice camel toe.

ColoradoDarin · 01-09-2013, 08:16 AM

Anyone else notice that politicians are scumbags who refuse to make correct decisions. I mean, you're short money and the FIRST thing you do is fire police officers? No other money in the budget to cut?

They used to do this crap every year when I lived in Corvallis, vote for our tax increase otherwise we'd have to lay off all the firefighters!!! Why no, we're not cutting our "trees in the median" project.

Swedish Extrovert · 01-09-2013, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ChampJesusBailey

what is this i dont even

The owner of the Raiders, Mark Davis.

Bronco Yoda · 01-09-2013, 01:25 PM

They should just build a huge wall tipped with razor wire and machine gun nests pointing inward around Oakland and be done with it already.

Agamemnon · 01-09-2013, 01:31 PM

Money well spent.

jerseyboiler120 · 01-09-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronco Yoda

They should just build a huge wall tipped with razor wire and machine gun nests pointing inward around Oakland and be done with it already.

Would Snake Pliskin be in there? Or would he have to break out the glider again?

01-09-2013, 07:52 AM	#1
Bacchus I'm buying Natasha Romanoff Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 5,241 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Manning	Raiders take $17 million from Oakland as city lays off 200 cops Oakland Pays $17 Million for NFL Raiders as Cops Fired Oakland, California, the fifth-most crime ridden city in America, faced a $32 million budget deficit last year. It closed the gap by dismissing a fourth of its police force, more than 200 officers. Untouched was the $17.3 million that the city pays to stage 10 games a season for the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders and to host Major League Baseball’s Athletics in the O.co Coliseum. The funds cover debt financing and operations and are supplemented by $13.3 million from surrounding Alameda County, based on data compiled by Bloomberg from public records. Enlarge image Police Headquarters in Oakland A police officer walks by patrol cars at the Oakland Police headquarters on December 6, 2012. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oakland Fires Police as NFL Subsidies Bust Budget 1:38 Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Rebecca Kaplan, a city council member in Oakland, California, talks with Bloomberg's Kevin Thrash about the city's budget deficit and subsidy agreement with the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders. Oakland mirrors dozens of other U.S. cities and states whose taxpayers provide publicly owned facilities and financial subsidies to teams in the NFL, the U.S.'s most-popular sports league with more than $9 billion in annual revenue. (Source: Bloomberg) Chart: NFL Subsidies Enlarge image Oakland Coliseum Raiders players sit on the sideline during a game at Oakland Coliseum on Dec. 16, 2012. Photographer: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images “If someone calls 911, you’re looking at an indeterminate amount of time before an officer can respond,” says Barry Donelan, 40, a sergeant who is president of the Oakland police union. “Citizens are suffering.” Reversing a renewed rise in violent crime is out of the question, he says. Now the city is under pressure to replace the 46-year-old structure to keep the Raiders. The team’s owners may move to nearby Santa Clara and share an under-construction, $1.2 billion venue with the San Francisco 49ers, or to Los Angeles, where the City Council has backed a $1.5 billion stadium hoping to lure the NFL. Losing the Raiders would leave Oakland with about $145 million in debt, which originated 17 years ago in part to bring the team back from Los Angeles. ‘Didn’t Work’ “The 1995 deal didn’t work from a financial perspective for any party to the deal -- city, county or Raiders,” says Amy Trask, chief executive officer of the Raiders. “That shouldn’t stop us from trying to reach a deal that works for everyone.” Read More Here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-1....sustain.story

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01-09-2013, 07:53 AM	#2
Bacchus I'm buying Natasha Romanoff Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 5,241 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Manning	looks like the **hole just got **tier.

01-09-2013, 07:57 AM	#3
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,849	"Oh, boo hoo."

01-09-2013, 08:15 AM	#5
Los Broncos Ring of farmers Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Anaheim Hills, Santa Ana Mountains CA Posts: 18,766 Adopt-a-Bronco: Ryan Clady	Nice camel toe.

01-09-2013, 08:16 AM	#6
ColoradoDarin Ring of Famer AFCW Champs! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: St Augustine, FL Posts: 5,525 Adopt-a-Bronco: Knowshon's Shoe	Anyone else notice that politicians are scumbags who refuse to make correct decisions. I mean, you're short money and the FIRST thing you do is fire police officers? No other money in the budget to cut? They used to do this crap every year when I lived in Corvallis, vote for our tax increase otherwise we'd have to lay off all the firefighters!!! Why no, we're not cutting our "trees in the median" project.

01-09-2013, 01:25 PM	#8
Bronco Yoda Stokley once... ...saved me from a beating Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,244	They should just build a huge wall tipped with razor wire and machine gun nests pointing inward around Oakland and be done with it already.

01-09-2013, 01:31 PM	#9
Agamemnon Ring of Famer Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 10,454 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	Money well spent.