Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 28, 2005
No Taxation For Stadiums

In a new poll, Florida voters are overwhelmingly against spending tax dollars for new sports facilities.

Respondents opposed using tax money to help pay for sports venues in general by a 76-22 percent margin and each of those three projects by an even wider margin, according to a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University.

I'm glad voters are catching on to this. The results even surprised the governor:

Gov. Jeb Bush said the poll results could play into lawmakers' thinking when they consider bills seeking money for the projects. Lawmakers need to decide whether it's appropriate to help individual business interests when the state has other needs, he said.

``I'm not surprised that there are more people against subsidies of sports franchises than are for it. I'm surprised at the magnitude,'' Bush said.

I hope this becomes a national trend.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:49 PM | Stadiums | TrackBack (0)
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