Over the last couple of days, the papers have been buzzing about Mayor Foltin's attempts to get minor league baseball to come to Lorain. Recently, Foltin broke away from the grand plan of having a brand new stadium on the lakefront to a more modest idea for renovating the ballfield at Campana Park.

From today's Morning Journal:

What Frontier League officials call ''the Lorain contingent'' threw an impressive pitch last night in its proposal to land a baseball team for the city, according to Frontier League officials.

If Lorain could finalize a deal by September, the Missouri-based Ohio Valley Redcoats ''would look very seriously'' at relocating to Lorain by the 2006 season, according to Detroit businessman Phil Ullom, a co-owner of the team that visited the city last month.

The city is proposing to renovate an existing major league regulation baseball field at P.C. Campana Park to accommodate 4,000 seats at a cost of $870,000.

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Pending City Council approval, Lorain could spend about $455,000 of two years' worth of recycling funds that it currently receives from the county to help pay to renovate the ballpark, which already has lights and utilities, such as water lines, in place.

And therein lies the catch. City Council has traditionally tried to trash just about everything Foltin proposes. Hopefully, they can set aside their bias and see that this would really be a boon for Lorain to land this team

While I would really like to see a new stadium on the lakefront, I agree with Foltin's plan to start small, see if it is successful, then expand in the future. Eastlake went crazy to build a big fancy stadium for their minor league team, and it is reportedly in financial trouble. Lorain doesn't need another money pit, so this is the correct course of action.

You hear people say all the time... what are we doing in Iraq? Why are we sticking our nose into other people's business when there were no WMD destruction found?


The reason is because these are the kind of people we are dealing with:

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide car bomb exploded next to U.S. troops handing out candy and toys, killing 18 children and teenagers Wednesday. Parents heard the shattering explosion and raced out to the discover the worst -- children's mangled, bloodied bodies strewn on the street.

These fanatics intentionally blew up children just to carry out their terror plans. Their own countrymen. Human life is not sacred at all, and those in power rule with fear and opression as their weapons. They must be stopped.