Neighborhood Leaders Lament Passing of Arena Supporters' October 6th Deadline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   October 10, 2006 

Contact: Dave Tamayo  916 390-4076
Shawnda Westly  916 390-4076
                                                                                                                
Neighborhood & Community Leaders Lament Passing of October 6th Deadline Without A MOU Between the Maloofs & Sacramento City & County

Arena Tax Supporters Miss Self-imposed October 6th Deadline to Release MOU while voters start receiving ballots this week.
 
Tomorrow, October 11th, Neighborhood & community leaders from across Sacramento will join together to remind the Maloofs & the City & County of Sacramento that voters are receiving their absentee ballots this week and that their self-imposed October 6th deadline for an Arena MOU came and went last week.
 
WHO:            Neighborhood & community leaders from across Sacramento remind the Maloofs & City & County negotiators that voters are receiving their absentee ballots this week and that their self-imposed October 6th deadline for an Arena MOU came and went last week including:
Dave Tamayo, People United for a Better Sacramento
Chris Jones, Oak Park, ACORN
Tom Reavey, Natomas
Karen Jacques, Midtown
Betsy Weiland, Carmichael
Lisa Nelson, Alkali Flat
Mark Dempsey, Orangevale
Tim Boyd, Oak Park
Gil Ramirez, Gardenland
Susan Hopkins, Del Paso Heights
Reverend Ashiye Odeye, Oak Park
Ed Harris
Richard Seyman
 
WHAT:            Press conference to highlight that the Arena Tax supporters self-imposed October 6th deadline for an Arena MOU came and went last week and that voters are receiving their absentee ballots this week.
 
WHEN:            Wednesday, October 11, 2006 @ 11:00 AM
 
WHERE:            3101 Martin Luther King Blvd. (SE corner of MLK and Broadway, in Oak Park)
 
WHY:            The details of the Arena Tax negotiations with the Maloofs and the developers remains secret and Arena Tax supporters missed their self-imposed October 6th deadline for finalizing the negotiations and releasing a MOU to the public so that voters would know the details of the deal before absentee voters received their ballots.  The first deal was crafted behind closed doors, and new proposals have not been made public either.  Absentee voters start voting this week without the details of the final Arena agreement. 
 
Visit http://www.Stopthearenatax.org for more information or call Dave Tamayo at 916 390-4076 or
Shawnda Westly at (916) 201-8582. 
 
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