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Giants rumors are making life hard for GOP hopeful [View all]
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/09/17/giants-rumors-are-making-life-hard-for-gop-hopeful/It’s tough for a big-city mayor to be elected to statewide office, and Republican Ashley Swearengin of Fresno is finding out exactly why.
The San Francisco Giants are rumored to be moving their Pacific Coast League affiliate from Fresno to Sacramento, where the Rivercats have just told the Oakland A’s minor league franchise to take a hike....
The city-owned stadium, typically filled to about half capacity for Grizzly games, has never sparked the type of downtown development Fresno leaders had hoped for. And while the team officially pays $1.5 million a year in rent to the city, a 2009 deal that Swearengin helped negotiate provided the team with city subsidies that essentially cut that in half. Even so, the Grizzlies still owe the city about $1 million in back rent....
Swearengin needs to find a solution to the baseball problem in hurry, both for Fresno and for her own political future. If the Grizzlies flee, leaving the city with a less-attractive minor league affiliate than the Giants’ Triple-A team, it won’t do anything for attendance — or Fresno’s bottom line.
The San Francisco Giants are rumored to be moving their Pacific Coast League affiliate from Fresno to Sacramento, where the Rivercats have just told the Oakland A’s minor league franchise to take a hike....
The city-owned stadium, typically filled to about half capacity for Grizzly games, has never sparked the type of downtown development Fresno leaders had hoped for. And while the team officially pays $1.5 million a year in rent to the city, a 2009 deal that Swearengin helped negotiate provided the team with city subsidies that essentially cut that in half. Even so, the Grizzlies still owe the city about $1 million in back rent....
Swearengin needs to find a solution to the baseball problem in hurry, both for Fresno and for her own political future. If the Grizzlies flee, leaving the city with a less-attractive minor league affiliate than the Giants’ Triple-A team, it won’t do anything for attendance — or Fresno’s bottom line.
Betty Yee should totally start sporting Giants gear. 
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