Posted on 06/07/2022 5:07:51 AM PDT by Jacquerie
How about everyone who contributed (through their taxes) gets free annual passes and free beers and hotdogs for life ...
“Read “Stealing From Each Other” years ago. These Sports complexes built by taxpayers are not a good investment. Teams could cut player salaries for funding. Folks could use those tax funds for better infrastructure that benefits all.”
IMO the only time taxpayer money should be used for these stadiums is to improve the transportation infrastructure leading to/from the stadium providing the team(s) pay 50% of the cost.
KMA, Joe Henderson.
Pure virtue signaling by the Rays.
$50,000 is a tip for the clubhouse boy.
You missed a bullet point, Sam.
* Politicians fall all over themselves to score invites to the owner’s luxury suite..
Something like that....who will run for vp if trump runs in 2024? Noem? DeSantis? Hawley? Cruz? Kennedy?
musk...
heads will explode... 😁
Excellent move Governor.
And remember, even thought Governor Ron has quite a sterling baseball background, he doesn’t need to wave it around and doesn’t claim how he wants “to give back”. Well, it isn’t his money; it is the money of Florida taxpayers.
Dear Rays Management: that is one heck of a return on investment, huh? Give $50,000, and watch a $25 million handout go POOF.
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