D.C. Mayor Signs Legislation for Baseball
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Beaming like a kid who just met his favorite sports star, Mayor Anthony A. Williams signed legislation Wednesday to bring major league baseball back to the nation's capital.
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City leaders and baseball officials agreed to alterations in the agreement made with Major League Baseball in September.
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District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.
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Proclaiming it a great day in Washington, Mayor Tony Williams confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Major League Baseball is returning to Washington.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams says the deal to bring baseball to D.C. is in "great, great jeopardy" because of changes to the stadium agreement.
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday he is &quot;very confident&quot; that he has the seven necessary votes from the DC Council for his plan to build a ballpark near South Capitol Street Southeast.
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Baseball fans might not have long to see a team in the nation&#39;s capital. The District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 Tuesday night to approve legislation to finance construction
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The Washington, DC, City Council approved funds for a Major League Baseball stadium late Tuesday, but substantially altered the plan by requiring the mayor to find private financing for half the construction costs.
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The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, DC, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead on Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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For Anthony Williams, the mayor of Washington, this week&#39;s deal to return Major League Baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday signed a nearly &#36;1 billion stadium funding package, clearing the way for the city to begin work on a ballpark for a Major League Baseball team.
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WASHINGTON -- Mayor Tony Williams said Thursday he&#39;s optimistic the city can meet its deadline for a baseball deal. Williams said his team is working to pull together private financing to show Council Chair Linda Cropp that he&#39;s serious.
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DC's former mayor takes a new role in government
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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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Business leaders are applauding the DC Council&#39;s revised plan to build a stadium for the soon-to-be Washington Nationals. They say Council Chairman Linda Cropp&#39;s amendments Tuesday will help
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Residents packed the District of Columbia Council chambers Thursday to praise or pan the mayor's &#36;440 million proposal to refurbish RFK Stadium and build a new ballpark for the Montreal Expos.
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D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said he will try to build public support for a $440 million, city-financed baseball stadium project.