THREE Slaughterhouses ?

Once upon a time there was a big field of more or less happy grazing sheep in the south bay until a pair of foxes finally realized what a very big flock it was. Having fattened up on other similar suckers long ago, the two foxes found themselves getting hungry, so they decided to put on the coats of their victims, posing as benevolent and altruistic souls rendering help to the new field of contented sheep.

In the midst of that huge and timid flock they naturally found a few pushy goats who vehemently believed the cunning foxes story, hurriedly agreed and bleated the many advantages of the foxes new scheme. It was to be called a partnership or duping.

Well, within just a few days of one another, one fox named York selected a very juicy sheep, named Santa Clara, for his meal. Jealous and not to outdone of course, the other bigger fox named Wolff was super quick to swallow up another fat sheep called Fremont real quick. Not totally satisfied though, Wolff sunk his teeth again with feverish greed into San Jose's surplus empty airport lands, claiming it a potential soccer field for desert.

Well, in just a flick of a finger those sly foxes had the whole flock of sheep stupefied with dreams of not just one, but three exciting coliseums. All the sheep had to do was hand over the land, help pay for most of the stadiums and then let the foxes control the whole operation without complaining, since they had lots of experience corralling sheep . . . and of course they had to be quiet, nor to complain as they lined up to get fleeced.

So, after many years of feasting on San Francisco and Oakland, leaving nothing but bones, scrap and unpaid renovation promises, these scavenging carnivores finally found another field of docile sheep right here in the south bay bleating with excitement over the joy of losing their skins too. Of course a few of the smarter sheep were alarmed but they were rapidly chased away by the goats who knew all the inside details of everything.

Just imagine how lucky all those excited sheep and goats are going to be now. With not just one, but 3 separate colossal stadiums, all within 3 miles (or there-abouts) of each other! Can't you imagine with so many slaughterhouses close at hand trumpeting all their blue sky promises, it won't take much time to get thoroughly skinned.