From the NY Post:Queens Councilman Ruben Wills is going to bat for cricket.
Wills wants to create a task force to promote the sport — the bat-swinging cousin of baseball — and hopes to build a cricket stadium in his borough.
The councilman says cricket is a hit in the culturally diverse district he represents and believes it could give the entire city an economic boost.
“We have the largest and fastest-growing population of Indo-Caribbean and south Asian populations. Everywhere in the world cricket is the number two sport, only behind [soccer],” Wills told The Post.
“We want to make sure we can introduce this into mainstream New York and we also want to look at the end game of creating a cricket stadium in New York,” he added.
His bill, introduced Tuesday, would create a 10-member task force to study “health, social and economic impacts” of the sport in New York City.
The task force also would explore use of park land for more cricket fields in the city.
14 comments:
I'm sure his exploratory committee is going to be comprised of his friends, relatives, and donors. They will receive a hefty grant and pay themselves handsomely
this man is an idiot.
he may have found some members in the soup kitchens he went to pretending to be a bum.
yes,"pretending"
at least the 1 percent in this city have not tried to get a stadium for polo or for hunting human game.
A few cricket fields? Okay fine. No big whoop. A stadium? No thank you. How absurd that anyone in this city would even entertain the idea.
A useless idea by a very useless elected leader, Councilman Wills from Jamaica.
Instead how about a committee on how to clean-up the quality of life in Jamaica, you know something that would actually benefit the community that you serve.
Wow! An oval for Nathan's people, and every Tom, Duck and Harry All (Rudy, too!).Maybe with Roots, doubles and Humphries by Sybil's, Servant of the Hungry!
238 years ago my ancestors fought a war so that today we wouldn't have government-sponsored cricket rammed down our throats.
Another way to cater to foreigners. Terrible idea though! We don't even have room for houses, let alone another useless stadium!
Let them play cricket in their own backyards. Where they can drink their beer and urinate on their own property.
CM Wills has already caught the VD disease from his colleagues ....Vibrant. Diverse.
I'm sure his exploratory committee is going to be comprised of his friends, relatives, and donors. They will receive a hefty grant and pay themselves handsomely
Wow, does that describe the route of money, sorry, your taxes, around these parts!!!!!
I have seen more sense in 20 seconds of reading these posts than 20 years of hearing political speeches.
Hats off to Crap!
he can play down to the immigrants and get votes, AND work kickbacks with 'friendly' developers.
Its a win-win for them!
Bread and circus
Get some lizards from the science garden at Queens College. They eat crickets.
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