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Post by ivymike55 on Jul 20, 2013 19:49:16 GMT -7
It took Pat Thompson a long time but thanks to the County Commissioners attempting to give Pat Thompson the big fat chinga and Sunland Race Track and Casino offering Pat 40 acers of free land forcing him to accept SRT&C's offer we FINALLY have a killer roller coaster to get somewhat cheap thrills on. We should have had that roller coaster a decade ago but at Western Playland at Ascarate Park not in Sunland, NM but County Commissioners had their heads up their yazoos. Congrats Pat!!!!!! I'm sure he's saying, "Take that County Comissioners!!!
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terri2
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Post by terri2 on Jul 21, 2013 11:01:27 GMT -7
Another example of El Paso's shortsightedness -- why should Thompson have had to open his books to them anyway? Everyone misses Western Playland!
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Post by ivymike55 on Jul 21, 2013 13:08:05 GMT -7
Yeppers, Some how the pin heads that were running the County circus got it in their heads after Six Flags put on a good show for a downtown festival that Six Flags Corp. might be interested in putting a permanent park in El Paso and they immediately put their bulls eyes on Pat and Western Playland. The fiasco that followed was a great example of how not to prove to a corporation that El Paso might be a good mix to build. I'm sure Roger Staubach of The Staubach Group called the Six Flag Corp people and told them, "In no way do you get involved with those morons." After the way they gave him the chinga during the whole arena debate fiasco. Remember Staubach group that ownes Bassett was going to give them the land to build an arena and up front money but wanted a piece of the take. That of course was a show stopper for the bafoons that ran County Commissioners Court. I can't wait for fire works that will come out of the new Triple-A ball park when the city wants more of the concession and gate money. So now we have a big cement pond in central El Paso that you can't put a motor boat in that isn't generating enough money to keep those big assed pumps going to drive those cute little water fountains to keep the water cleaner. Sad part of all of this is that the county could have given Pat his tax variance or that 1/2 acre to build that roller coaster and get that increased entry fees to Ascarate Park. Instead Sunland, NM gets the dough.
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Post by Saint on Jul 22, 2013 8:11:46 GMT -7
Yeppers El Paso, keep right on electing these no account democrats.
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