What's up, Joe?

All right, this from the Washington Post, I think others have reported on this too,

but I'm going to read from the Washington Post and the story that Jenny Gathright wrote over the weekend.

A story titled, D.C. Council members say stadium approval is likely, but they need more time.

And the mayor doesn't want to give them more time.

But she says it's because the team is upset.

Here's the first paragraph or two.

D.C. Council members are working toward approving a football stadium for the Washington

commanders at the shuttered RFK stadium site, but probably not by Mayor Muriel Bowser's July

deadline, several lawmakers said this week. The prospect of the council delaying a vote on the

$3.7 billion deal has the team, quote, outraged, closed quote, Bowser said this week, and, quote, sacrifices our exclusive

seat at the table and $2.7 billion in private investment, closed quote.

Bowser has wanted the council to approve the deal with the commanders as part of the council's

fiscal year

2026 budget process. And the commander said this week that any delay beyond that threatens the

team's construction timeline. Council members argue that it's only fair that they take more time to consider a deal that

involves more than one billion dollars in taxpayer funds especially since they said they still

lacked key information such as a full explanation of the b Bowser administration's revenue projections for the project

and an analysis of how much the proposed tax exemptions for the commanders will cost the city.

So this is something that now should be frustrating to everybody.

It was April 28th that they held this press conference, which felt very much like a victory

celebration.

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