Open Letter to Feinstein
by Vini Chopra – 11.16.06
Dear Mrs. Feinstein,
I am writing to you today on behalf of many 49er fans everywhere. It seems that you have taken an active role in deciding the team’s location for the near future. While I am encouraged by your devotion to keep the 49ers in San Francisco, I cannot help but wonder why you would demonstrate this will now when the city that the 49ers represent has stood idley for nearly ten years regarding the fate of a 49er’s stadium. In other words, I am urging you to stop mixing politics with American sports and let the team handle its own affairs as that is the right of a private organization.
Some of your quotes from the past few days have had me scratching my head quite a bit. The first is this:
“I think it is critical that we retain the 49ers, and it may be because I was there in the ‘80s, I was there in the glory days,” Feinstein said after the hearing. “So much of the fabric of the city is the 49ers.”
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