Speed Gibson

It's July: no politics until August.
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer!

Here today, here tomorrow

A wise chief financial officer once told me that any deal that's here today will be here tomorrow. We've seen that this year with car makers continually extending the "last chance" discounts.

Sure enough, the offer from TCF bank toward the proposed new Gopher stadium was extended six months. The sense of urgency around the Vikings and Twins stadium proposals has also dissapated. These offers haven't been withdrawn, either.

I'm not that any of these offers should be accepted. I'm just saying that these deadline / threats should never be a factor.