Class Warfare Success Story

   Sometime ago our local triple A ballclub decided they were going to leave Omaha when they tore down Rosenblatt Stadium.  The condensed version is, the owner did not want to charge the people who go to the ballpark to park.  The ballclub is the Omaha Royals, farmclub of the Kansas City Royals.

   So, Sarpy county where I happen to live decided to go after this ballclub.  The county ‘hired’ a group to do the legwork on landing the team and this team was indeed successful. While the location selected was not where I would have preferred, it is within the county and it does mean the team will remain in the area for another 20-25 years. 

   So, today’s Omaha World Herald has a story about the bill coming due for this team that the country “HIRED” to get the job done.  The bill exceeded 650K.  That in itself is allot of money, no doubt, but the county should have known what the bill was as it accumulated.  They were the experts we voters hired.  Regardless, that is only part of the story.

   The World Herald goes on to talk about all the other things that could have been done with these monies… umm, more county vehicles, more jobs kept, you get the idea.  I think they listed five different things that could have been better usage of the money than to pay the firm they ‘HIRED’. 

   As time goes by, you are going to see more and more instances where those making more money than ‘someone’ thinks appropriate will be publicly identified.  The World Herald in my opinion, should have gone after those who ‘HIRED’ the firm, and focused on the contract they agreed to with said firm.  Makes me ill, and I’m not making anything.