A WAY TO KEEP THE A'S IN OAKLAND, HELP OUT!

by OakLgb on Oct 16, 2006 8:32 PM PDT

Ok, so theres an A's myspace group that keeps people really up to date on events and happenings and i noticed a bulletin posted in regards to helping make an effort to keep the A's in Oakland. Take a look...

Dear Oakland's A's Fans,

The A's are the Pride of Oakland.
KEEP THE A's in OAKLAND !

Express your message to our City's Fathers & Mothers. SHOW UP ! at
the City Council Meeting and ask our City's leaders to begin talking
about the Oakland A's in Oakland. Fill out a speaker card online to
reserve your mic time, and then demand leadership from out city's
mothers and fathers that they make Oakland a CAN DO CITY!

Save the Date and Show Up:
Tuesday October 17th, 2006 @ 6 PM. at Oakland City Council chambers
and ASK our city leaders to KEEP THE A's in OAKLAND.
[after party at The Uptown]

NO More sticking their heads in the sand. Let our city's leaders
know that we WANT THEM to INVENT A POSSIBILITY that KEEPS THE A's in
OAKLAND.

REQEST:
Please
1. Follow the link and sign up to speak during OPEN FORUM starting at
6pm Tuesday, Oct. 17. :

http://oaklandnet. com/government/ city_clerk/ speakerupdate. cfm

Here's lot's of details:
Speaking at Open Forum
There will be a 15-minute Open Forum at the beginning of the 6 p.m.
portion of the City Council meeting. If all Speakers are not heard
within the 15 minute time frame, Open Forum will be continued at the
end of the 7 p.m. portion of the meeting.

http://oaklandnet. com/government/ city_clerk/ speakerupdate. cfm

To speak during Open Forum:

Submit a Speaker's Card to the City Clerk by 6 p.m.
Generally, speakers will have at least one (1) minute to speak.
If everyone who submitted a speaker card is not heard within the
15-minute period, they may speak at the end of the 7 p.m. portion of
the agenda.

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.

Please share this with your communities!

Keep The A's In Oakland.com

Go A's (but not from Oakland)

Best regards,

- Robert Limon, Choose or Lose the Oakland A's

Please copy & repost in blogs & bulletins w/ title "Choose or Lose the A's march on Oakland City Hall". Thanks.

So there you go, tell me what you think, and Go A's!

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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=114958427&MyToken= bf849fe3-d81a-48ce-a45f-caff37124b16

by OakLgb on Oct 16, 2006 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not sure it will work

Not to play spoiler, but it may be too little too late. All the reports have said that the Fremont deal is all but done. The A's have even been buying up land around the Fremont site, no longer are negotiating a lease in Oakland past 2010, and it's been reported that the Stadium will be officially announced before Thanksgiving.

The time to keep the A's in Oakland was a year ago. Would Oakland have had to give up more then Fremont has to keep the A's in Oakland? Yes, but that's the nature of the beast. The Oakland polititions decided they had better things to attend to then spend time and resources buying up land/relocating buisnesses/and changing the title rights of the land for Lew Wolff so Wolff went to Fremont who decided they didn't have anything better to do. It may be sad to some people, but I assume they majority of people on this site who live in Oakland voted those people into power. Democracy can be ironic sometimes...

by Threepwood XX on Oct 16, 2006 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

Its way too late

The A's are pretty much going to Fremont. Its as good as done.

Besides, the Oakland City Council and the Coliseum Board hate the A's, and want to get them out of the city it seems. I don't know, maybe its because they don't like the idea of an Oakland team winning something (content with the Raiders and Warriors fighting for last in their respective sports, while screwing over the JPA).

by Zonis on Oct 16, 2006 8:42 PM PDT reply actions

Yaaa...

You both bring up good points, and all of which i realize, i just thought it was worth while to put up, because you never know....

by OakLgb on Oct 16, 2006 8:59 PM PDT reply actions

Even if it is too late,

I completely respect your determination. Good freakin' work!

LETS GO OAK-LAND!

OAK-LAND FOREVER BABY!

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Oct 16, 2006 10:28 PM PDT reply actions

Gone

Wolff was planning to move the A's from the very start, there was nothing the city of Oakland could do without totally getting used by real estate mogul now A's owner.

This was why he bought the team, he thought he could make a killing in the real estate market as well as gather a bunch of new fans from Silicon Valley.
He is wrong, and what he is going to find is that the A's true base is everywhere east of Oakland-I'm talking Tracy, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento and even Reno.

by apilgrim on Oct 17, 2006 9:18 PM PDT reply actions