Posted on 06/07/2022 5:07:51 AM PDT by Jacquerie
Gov. Ron DeSantis red-lined the $35 million budget item approved by the House and Senate to build a youth sports complex in Pasco County. The Rays clearly hoped to move their spring training headquarters there from Port Charlotte.
DeSantis gave two reasons for the veto.
The first: the Governor said he doesn’t “support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums, period.”
He’s not wrong there.
But the other reason was more in line with his “think like I do, or else” agenda.
After the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Rays donated $50,000 to Everytown for Gun Safety. They tweeted:
“We all deserve to be safe — in schools, grocery stores, places of worship, our neighborhoods, houses, and America,” the Rays posted. “The most recent shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde have shaken us to the core. This cannot become normal. We cannot become numb. We cannot look the other way.”
They added, “We all know, if nothing changes, nothing changes.”
The Governor, who favors no-license open so-called “constitutional carry” in Florida, was not amused. Since he said he planned to veto the ballpark plan anyway, why not use it as an example for those who disagree with him.
DeSantis said it was “inappropriate to subsidize political activism of a private corporation. So I think, either way, it’s not appropriate.”
Just ask the Walt Disney Co. about its return on investment after it got crossways with the Governor. We remember that, right?
(Excerpt) Read more at floridapolitics.com ...
...snicker...it’s hilarious (to me) that during the commie’s projection they think they’re also mind readers.
You can argue that pro sports teams may be worth it...but minor leagues? Gimme a break! I paid 22 bucks for a college baseball game ticket thinking it was for a double-header. When I went back for the second game (like an idiot), the ticket takers appropriately laughed at me. I’m sure they charge as much for minor league games when they should let people in for free.
The point is, if you’re asking for taxpayer dollars, shut your damn mouth when it comes to engaging in virtue signaling over contentious political issues. You can’t have it both ways.
I do love the butt-hurt from media Leftists though....as if they don’t 100% support the same kind of thing when a Leftist politician does it.
Still no looking at locking school doors.
Well put. Hipsters can’t differentiate! If you’re 50 years old and still don’t know what you want to be when you grow up; or 40 years old and still want daddy to buy you a pony, you may be a hipster!
Sort of like State Farm.
That’s because the ticket prices are stupid. Most people already pay $70 a month to watch it on TV!
DeSantis is building his creds for 2024.
DeSantis needs to stay where he is to show the other 49 governors how to do their jobs.
Baseball stadiums are too specialized and can't easily be used for anything other than baseball games. So you get 81+ dates per year at best out of them.
Football stadiums are even worse. They'll host 8-9 regular season games, 1-2 preseason games, and 2-3 (at best) playoff games. Use the same stadium for an NCAA team and you get another 5-6 dates on the calendar. The return on that investment is terrible.
4 more years...
desantis for florida governor 2022...
desantis for president 2028...
florida first!... 😎
Leftards are complaining about being ostracized for their politics? What goes around comes around, schmucks! Stop doing it to people who actually know what they’re talking about if you don’t like it.
Exactly. Let the market decide without interference what locations are viable markets for their product.
What’s sad is that many on this forum, if not most, who enthusiastically support Desantis as governor will viciously and ruthlessly attack him as some sort of RINO or neo-con if he dares to run against Trump in 2024.
i prefer desantis serves a full second term...
trump/musk revenge tour 2024... 😁
BINGO. Every word you just wrote is true.
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms"
When they screw people they prefer to do it without having progeny to care for.
This is stupid from all possible sides.
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