Janelle Pritchard is pissed about the Sonics

The whole “what is the new ownership of the Seattle Sonics gonna do” thing is finally beginning to move forward, with rootin-tootin owner Clay Bennet unveiling his fake arena plans, which he’ll use to continue to pretend he wants the team to remain in Washington State.

It’s all very numbery and confusing, but basically the state is expected to pay for most of it, with the Sonics themselves pitching in a little for extra hot dog stands.

They also want to set up shop in suburbia. Specifically, a place outside of Seattle called Renton. We know nothing of Renton, but it sounds a lot like Ravenna. Those of you from N/E Ohio know what we’re saying.

Not everyone is excited about the fake plans. Local Renton resident Janelle Pritchard bought a home there in 2002, and now it’s gonna be like all crowded and stuff if the fake arena that’ll never actually get built gets built.

“Yeah, it’s going to help my property values, but it’s not going to help my quality of life,” said Pritchard, 45.

“If they can pay professional sports players millions of dollars, why can’t they use that money to pay for the stadium? We don’t need the arena and I don’t want to pay for a private company.”

If this actually came down, it wouldn’t really be that big of a deal.

As noted in the article, the Pistons have played 30 miles out of Detroit for years. The Cavs played in Richfield for a long while before the Gund/Q was built, and we think most people would tell you they liked it better at the Coliseum.

So, Renton is no big thing – it’s not like they’re gonna be called the Renton Sonics. They’ll actually be called the Oklahoma City Sonics, because there’s no way this thing passes.

The team doesn’t even own the land they want yet, and someone else who has dibs on it is planning to build a shooping center there. (We don’t know what a shooping center is, but it sounds promising. Sometimes typos are a gift you must roll with.)

The important thing is that Janelle Pritchard is pissed, and with good reason. Janelle – hot name. Pritchard – not so much. This poor woman has lived her whole life with the name of half of a hot chick – we can only imagine the torture she’s endured.

Hey – here are some more reasons this fake plan won’t ever, never, ever pass.