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Scott Brown Ad Praises Fenway, Glosses Over His Push To Relocate Park
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 12, 2012 01:42pm |
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| Category | Advertisement |
| Author | Sam Stein |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, April 12, 2012 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. Scott Brown is up with a new radio ad touting his personal affection for and support of the famed Fenway Park, which is celebrating its 100th year as home to the Boston Red Sox.
The ad tugs on all the emotional threads that bind New Englanders to their beloved team, from the park's layout to its lengthy history. But it also glosses over a contentious moment in Fenway's past -- the time when lawmakers, including a state representative named Scott Brown, attempted to move it.
Those hearing the ad would have little clue that Brown himself was among those who participated in that "talk ... about replacing the park." In early January 2001, he asked New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to consider a proposal that would move Fenway next to the Patriots' complex in Foxboro.
"Exploring the possibility of a Red Sox relocation to Foxboro makes fiscal and economic sense," Brown wrote at the time. He was far from the only political figure in the state who, before new ownership came in, basically dismissed Fenway's future in Boston. |
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