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    Bill Shaikin: Keeping baseball in Anaheim has its price

    by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Apr 27, 2022 4 minutes
    A general view of a steward walking in the left field bleachers under the video scoreboard is seen during batting practice prior to the MLB game between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, on September 10, 2019, in Anaheim, California.

    In Oakland, where the city is considering a ballpark village for the Athletics, a City Council member has proposed a popular vote on the project. Let the people decide!

    The mayor has politely rejected the idea. The people decide on their representatives, who then study complex issues of civic financing and land use before casting their vote.

    “It seems unreasonable to expect residents in their own free time to have the ability to do the type of due diligence to make an informed vote,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told the Oaklandside.

    It naturally follows that, if the people do not

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