What do you think of the Oakland A’s building a ballpark on the waterfront?  On the surface, it sounds like a good idea.  San Francisco built one, after all, and it has been wildly successful.

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We are fortunate in Northern California to have an active port that is the primary gateway for California’s rich agricultural industry as well as an entry point for much of the consumer products we purchase.  Once you give up heavy industry zoned land, you will never get it back.  A ballpark would not be a good neighbor to our industry.

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