Posted on 11/12/2010 4:29:29 AM PST by from occupied ga
The greedy politicians on the equally greedy limousine liberal arthur Blank want the taxpayers of Atlanta to foot the bill for a new stadium for the benefite of the sports team owners. WSB Radio is conduction a poll on the popularity of this idea. To get to the poll follow this link and look at the end of the paragraph on the superbowl story. there should be a link to the poll that says "WSB Poll" Click on the link and vote. Thanks
The NFL believes that a new stadium could bring the Falcons a superbowl. How about a winning team instead?
Then, to top all that, they bent the law to allow them to later use the same taxpayer funds to build a new football stadium, this time without voter approval. They decided that it was OK to misappropriate funds that were designated for the baseball stadium to build a football stadium so that the new Browns could have a place to play (and lose repeatedly).
My take - with the enormous sums of money that these teams have to pay out to players, they can easily afford to build their own playpens rather than have the taxpayers financially raped to build them. The money should come SOLELY from the teams and any donors that feel the need to help finance another useless sports facility.
well you can bet that the mayor and his cronies will get the catered box seats every game...
I didn’t realize Atlanta actually had “workers”, slackers yes, workers...hahaha
Remember the Kinney's Shoes joke about what Kinney's Shoes and (insert your favorite government here) have in common? Answer 60,000 loafers.
EXACTLY the case in every other taxpayer funded sorts venue. The taxpayers pay and the sports teams and associated businesses profit at the expense of the taxpayers.
College sports are pretty corrupt, too. Just like the former Soviet block olympic athletes, they are often professionals masquerading as amateurs.
If it’s so worthwhile, let the Falcon’s owners do it!
Link to poll: http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2010/11/wsb-poll-75.html
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It’s slipping!!! Only 96% NO now...
The way the Broncos are playing this year, maybe I can demand my money back that was stolen for the new stadium here in Denver!
These projects are never finished on budget and I always wonder how much cash is passed under the table for a pat on the back. Convention centers are another pie in the sky schemes. The new Nascar hall of fame in Charlotte N.C. is not meeting “estimated income projections”...
Campaign contributions and permanent catered box seats for the "leaders" who squandered the hard earned taxpayers' dollars, and of course a great big chunk of free capital for uber rich limousine liberal Arthur Blank who never met a hard left liberal condidate that he didn't want to donate to.
The new Nascar hall of fame in Charlotte N.C. is not meeting estimated income projections...
Gee what a surprise. < /sarcasm>
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