Community Leaders Play “Arena Roulette” To Determine Proposed Arena’s Actual Location

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2006                                                                                                       
 
Contact: Shawnda Westly @ (916) 201-8582
           
 
Community Leaders Play “Arena Roulette” To Determine Proposed Arena’s Actual Location
Will The Proposed Arena Be Located At The Rail Yards Or Somewhere Else?
  
Tomorrow, a diverse group of local community leaders and elected officials including State Assemblyman Dave Jones and Natomas Unified School District Board Member Ron Dwyer-Voss spin the roulette wheel in an effort to determine where the Arena Tax Proponents plan to locate the proposed arena.  All of the literature distributed by the proponents of the new tax highlight the benefits of the new arena being located at the rail yards, but last week JOE MALOOF ADMITTED THAT THEY NEED TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SITES DUE TO DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPING AN ARENA AT THE RAILYARDS.  It appears that the only part of the proposed arena deal that proponents can agree on is that the taxpayers should pay the bill while the billionaire owners reap all of the profits.
 
WHO:             Diverse group of local community leaders and elected officials including:
State Assemblyman Dave Jones and Natomas Unified School District Board
Member Ron Dwyer-Voss
 
WHAT:          Press conference & “Arena Roulette” game to highlight the uncertainty surrounding the
                        actual location of the proposed arena that Arena Tax (Measures Q & R on the
                        November Ballot) proponents hope to build with taxpayer money.
 
WHEN:          Wednesday, September 13, 2006 @ 1:00 PM
 
WHERE:        South Entrance to ARCO Arena, corner of Arena Boulevard and Innovation
 
WHY:             The Arena Tax (Measures Q & R on the November Ballot) is a bad deal
                        for Sacramento
 
Visit http://www.Stopthearenatax.org for more information or call Shawnda Westly at (916) 201-8582.
 
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