Washington DC Council Delays Baseball Vote
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on  Tuesday delayed its first vote on a debt and tax-funded  baseball stadium proposal by two weeks so the council  chairwoman could consider an alternative.
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By Mike Hume As the Washington, DC City Council prepares to vote on the financing package for the proposed baseball stadium for the former Montreal Expos, the teamâs front office is facing the unenviable task of maintaining the daily off-season
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on Tuesday delayed its first vote on a debt and tax-funded baseball stadium proposal by two weeks so the council chairwoman could consider an alternative.
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Description: Washington, DC&#39;s City Council has thrown a wicked curveball at plans to attract Major League Baseball&#39;s Expos.
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WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Council approved an amended financing plan for a ballpark for the Expos, adding provisions that major league baseball is likely to reject and could jeopardize the proposed move of the franchise.
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D.C. Council members refused to endorse a plan to use private money to build a stadium in Southeast Washington because it would require the city to reopen negotiations with Major League Baseball.
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after a bill  passed last week was rejected by Major League Baseball and put  baseball's return to the U.S. capital at risk.
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The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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Federal agencies have delayed a range of proposed regulations from food safety to corporate governance until after Election Day.
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on  Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build  a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer  to bringing baseball back to the U.S. capital.
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District of Columbia officials moved yesterday to salvage an agreement to bring baseball back to the United States&#39; capital, after a tense week that had subjected them to ridicule
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Washington Mayor Anthony Williams attends the DC Council baseball debate, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).
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The plan to finance a new stadium for the relocated Montreal Expos has exposed a schism within the District of Columbia's City Council and among its citizens.
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The District of Columbia has failed to meet several deadlines in the agreement for a new Washington nationals baseball stadium, Major league Baseball officials charged Thursday, putting the city in default of the lease agreement.
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams postponed an out-of-town trip, cleared his schedule and sat through nearly four hours of fractious debate yesterday over his plan to bring baseball back to the nation&#39;s capital.
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Chairman Linda W. Cropp adds baseball to the agenda to Tuesday's D.C. Council meeting, clearing the way for a possible reconsideration of the private funding legislation.
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Instead of rubber-stamping the Expos' move to D.C.  as expected, baseball owners make the surprise decision to table Thursday's vote.