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Mayor Tom Tait is proposing that local Democratic powerbroker Wylie Aitken replace San Diego-based developer Charles Black as the city’s outside consultant in revived talks on a new Angel Stadium lease.
A controversial stadium lease framework proposes giving the land to Angels baseball team owner Arte Moreno and his investors for $1 per year.
The company that produced an economic impact report on the Angels for the city of Anaheim is related to another company that won the team’s food and beverage concession contract.
The city manager announced that Councilwoman Gail Eastman, who proposed an emergency ordinance, didn’t intend a moratorium.
Mayor Tom Tait, the council majority and city staff debated again the terms of a pending stadium deal. There were a few revelations.
Here is what to look for as the Anaheim City Council cast the first in a series of votes that will determine the fate of the city’s deal with its Major League Baseball team.