Hopefully this will be our last post on the naming of the new Mets stadium, but I doubt it.
In Newsday’s Spin Cycle article, Citigroup gave $$ to signers of Mets' stadium letter, they cite that six house members that signed a letter saying, “it is deceitful and unreasonable to single out Citigroup for an agreement signed several years ago” – received campaign contributions from Citigroup over the last two campaign cycles.
The letter these house members signed was in response to Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) bid to have Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to demand Citigroup cancel its $400 million, 20-year deal to put its name on the new New York Mets ballpark in Queens.
According to this article, “Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) logged $6,000 from Citigroup in the 2005-6 cycle; Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Queens), $10,000 total in 2005-6 and 2006-7, and Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), $20,000 total in the two cycles. (For the record, on Long Island, Citigroup also contributed during that period to Long Island Reps Peter King, total $1,000, and Carolyn McCarthy, total $4,500.)”
These house members claim that they are against both Kucinich and Poe because they never looked to take action against other corporations that have naming rights to athletic facilities, who also received ‘federal assistance.’
If named Gil Hodges Memorial Park, this would never have received so much press!
In Newsday’s Spin Cycle article, Citigroup gave $$ to signers of Mets' stadium letter, they cite that six house members that signed a letter saying, “it is deceitful and unreasonable to single out Citigroup for an agreement signed several years ago” – received campaign contributions from Citigroup over the last two campaign cycles.
The letter these house members signed was in response to Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) bid to have Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to demand Citigroup cancel its $400 million, 20-year deal to put its name on the new New York Mets ballpark in Queens.
According to this article, “Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) logged $6,000 from Citigroup in the 2005-6 cycle; Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Queens), $10,000 total in 2005-6 and 2006-7, and Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), $20,000 total in the two cycles. (For the record, on Long Island, Citigroup also contributed during that period to Long Island Reps Peter King, total $1,000, and Carolyn McCarthy, total $4,500.)”
These house members claim that they are against both Kucinich and Poe because they never looked to take action against other corporations that have naming rights to athletic facilities, who also received ‘federal assistance.’
If named Gil Hodges Memorial Park, this would never have received so much press!
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