In response to City Hall's video that extols Mission Valley as the best site for a new Chargers stadium, the spokesman for Chargers owner Dean Spanos was predictably dismissive Tuesday.

Mark Fabiani, the team's stadium lobbyist, said the video is simply a "re-election document" for Mayor Kevin Faulconer .

In other comments to the Chargers' flagship station, XTRA 1360, Fabiani said the mayor has wasted millions of dollars on a needless environmental review and other stadium-related efforts.

Fabiani touted the merits of Los Angeles as a potential market for the Chargers. He noted that 21 million people live in greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire.

The NFL and the team, he said, concluded that L.A. is an attractive market after doing extensive studies.

In the same interview, he implied that the Chargers could be the most popular NFL team in L.A.

My take: The Chargers and City Hall are pursuing their agendas, while Chargers fans, caught in between, continue to take their lumps.

Fabiani tends to be at his best when he attacks wasteful spending within City Hall, or cronyism between city officials and potential beneficiaries of a new stadium.

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Would that he applied the same laser focus to the long-term history of San Diego taxpayers coming out on the short end of Chargers- and NFL-related ventures.

Regarding Los Angeles and its potential for the Chargers, Fabiani is deft but is putting lipstick on a pig. A move to either Inglewood or Carson would pose numerous challenges for the Chargers. Beyond the competitive obstacles, Chargers employees, including the ever-increasing number of Spanos family members within the organization, would face a perhaps unwelcomed relocation as well. Working in Inglewood or Carson may not be as desirable as reporting to Murphy Canyon five days a week.