Comments on: Ballparks > fire departments

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:32:42 +0000

I don’t think they believe it. I don’t think these things get built relative to what the people of a given locality believe or don’t believe. They get built on backdoor deals between politicians and corporate bloodsuckers – although these days, that pair of types seems more like one of those two-headed planaria biology students are so fond of creating for term projects. Two heads sharing a common asshole. Macondo voters, who overwhelmingly opposed using public money to build Macondo Banana Massacre Field, tried to keep Scrooge McLoria from raiding the public coffers and failed. Stacked deck. Anyone out there wish to hold forth on the screwings-on that led up to the new Milwaukee stadium? That was an epic in itself.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:27:51 +0000

True, but we can hope that the Arizona legislature is. I wouldn’t mind a pillow book made out of Jan Brewer’s face. Or maybe, given the texture of it, a saddle. Anyone got a 55-gallon drum of tannic acid handy?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:56:11 +0000

Do people still really think that ballparks make money for the municipalities that pay for them? Every objective study ever done proves this false. Meanwhile schools, libraries, public parks, etc. go underfunded. The continual transfer of taxpayer dollars to the very wealthy should be alarming to everyone, regardless of political affiliation. Yet this is a case where people willingly did it, no shady backdoor dealings involved.

By: willmose

willmose — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:16:22 +0000

The billionaire ownership of Cubs thank the people of AZ for putting money his pocket. We can only hope that tourists watching the Cubbies aren’t beheaded or kidnapped by the illegal aliens overrunning the state.

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:03:29 +0000

Huh? The Cubs money came out of their “waste this money on admin and staff” fund? I don’t understand what you’re saying…

By: schlom

schlom — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:06:27 +0000

Well unfortunately it’s not an either/or proposition. In reality, if they didn’t spend that money on the Cubs spring training complex it would be wasted on administrators, staff, etc. That’s the real mess they need to clean up first (not that I’m defending in any way spending taxpayer money instead of the Cubs money).

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:30:37 +0000

This would be mildly amusing if state and local governments weren’t actually cutting back on fire, police, teachers, etc like crazy all over the country. Given that reality, though, it’s just another grotesque reminder that most Americans today wouldn’t know good governance if it walked up and gave them free heath care for life.