The Marlins are breaking ground today at their new stadium site with a big to do with media and photo ops and all sorts of partying. Commissioners Tomás Regalado and Marc Sarnoff have decided not to go. They were against the stadium deal and feel it would be hypocritical for them to be seen there glad handing and taking photos at the ground breaking ceremonies.
Regalado not only feels it is hypocritical to attend, but he says he won't step foot in the stadium unless the city's fire and police departments can when duty calls.
You see, if trouble or a fire breaks out, the Miami-Dade County fire and police handle that not the city of Miami departments, even though the stadium is on city land, which, by the way, was actually given away to the Marlins for free. This does not sit right with Regalado and many others.
This may be a good thing though, since the county is currently cutting salaries and jobs and the City of Miami likes to piss money away, especially on the fire and police department salaries. Maybe the county should keep an eye on that tab.
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