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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social |
“Kansas City voters delivered a powerful blow against billionaire sports franchise owners, rejecting a 40-year stadium tax in a decisive vote for community interests and democratic values over corporate greed.”
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StevenMatheson.bsky.social
@stevenmatheson.bsky.social
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Good for the people of Kansas City. Seriously. But let's see them try this with the Chiefs.
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Nathaniel Downes
@downix.bsky.social
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Good for them.
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@fiddledeedum.bsky.social
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In the 90s, Seattle voters shot down taxes to build a stadium for the Mariners. The Washington legislature took it up and passed a King County tax to pay for it. Also, we don't have a state income tax here in WA, so win-win if you're rich...
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Kevin
@thervterrorists.bsky.social
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About time a community stood up & voted to stop being pimped. Rock Hill, SC bent over backwards to get a NFL a training center. Added on/off ramp to I-77, completed a parkway to the new facility under constructing, then the NFL decided tax breaks & i other ncentives weren't enough. It never is.
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@ponedaddy1990.bsky.social
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More cities in flyover country will be rejecting these corporate welfare boondoggle. MLB will have to find another sucker to fleece.
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True Tourtillott
@truet.bsky.social
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Good.
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Palmer_spaulding
@pamer.bsky.social
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Will the celebration continue when the Nashville royals take the field in 2031?
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Sam
@samenrider.bsky.social
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I'd be ok with my tax dollars going to sports if it came with free tickets that, if I'm being honest, I'd just sell to tourists
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Ed Forgotson
@thecrowtoldme.bsky.social
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DC just prevailed over VA to keep its basketball/hockey/concert arena due largely to the efforts of two women:
(Gift link) wapo.st/3TLq0Qu
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David Cornelson
@david-cornelson.bsky.social
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Guy I know has been hammering this for years: www.fieldofschemes.com
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Toreole
@toreole.bsky.social
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Thats nice
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Mike McNasty
@cemeterywind.bsky.social
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It's time. Jackson County made them rich with our stadiums.
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🥾🛶OctopusMask🏕️🔦
@octopusmask.bsky.social
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How much of the vote was people just not wanting a tax, vs specifically countering corporate greed?
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Laustia 🏳️🌈
@laustia.bsky.social
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Eat The Rich
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@waterloo45.bsky.social
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Keep watching
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isaiah
@zay17.bsky.social
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god I want Nevada to do this to the A’s so bad
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Paul Atreides-Nuts
@paulatreidesnuts.bsky.social
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Local residents being expected to subsidize billionaires while billionaires keep raising ticket and concession prices is wild. Good on KC.
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@crobruncato.bsky.social
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Good for them. I hope this is a trend.
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Karma's Dad
@karmasdad.bsky.social
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This was a great outcome.
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votenanocratic
@votenanocratic.bsky.social
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Owner: "I will take my ball and leave your city." City: "We hope you suck shit in hell."
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RobotLemur
@robotlemur.bsky.social
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Owners profit. Owners pay. Let this be one in a looooooooong line of municipalities who say no.
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Roxanne Darling 🌿
@roxannedarling.bsky.social
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I hope this is a tide that is turning. Sports makes so much freaking money. It makes so much more sense that they would say to a community, we want to build you this stadium. We're going to pay for it and support it and make money off of it, and we will all be happier for it. Old Timey philanthropy.
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@gwchilly.bsky.social
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(Tx for intro to the Defender btw!..)
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Ni en pedo
@300ps.bsky.social
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Taking our ball and going to Lubbock. Ok bye.
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Wrygrin
@wrygrin.bsky.social
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Now let's see if legislators try to put it into the budget anyway, in another capacity, which has been done in other cities where the voters have nixed public funding.
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SWL
@weltempfaenger.bsky.social
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Looks like a good decision, but turnout wasn't exactly impressive, it seems. Against 30,791 votes cast / in favor 22,399 votes.
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MGTOW4Me
@lestersuggs.bsky.social
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People of Pittsburgh singing the stadium high-tax blues.
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Nihilistic Wrong Hordak
@shadow27.bsky.social
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Love to hear it. Virginia just soundly defeated a stadium proposal that billionaires and the republican governor had put up as a done deal without ever asking locals.
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Alex
@grogustormcrow.bsky.social
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You love to see it
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@horizonbird.bsky.social
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Congrats KC We did it in San Diego years ago
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Bethany Albertson
@albertsonb2.bsky.social
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Particularly interesting to me given the new first dedicated soccer stadium for an NWSL team - which according to reports is a big success.
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@mozzanddip.bsky.social
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Huge victory. Tax dollars aren't responsible for building stadiums. The NFL, NBA, etc should pay for their own
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@eaglesfanintn.bsky.social
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In Nashville, the city council ignored the people (per usual) and voted to help pay for a new domed stadium. One part of the plan is to raise hotel tax rates and add a 3% tax to tickets. One council member said they liked that because the burden wouldn't fall on Davidson county residents.
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Jerry Casanova
@superlollards.bsky.social
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Congratulations KC...
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baeb66.bsky.social
@baeb66.bsky.social
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They'll go to the state next. I can't speak for Kansas, but the Eastern part of Missouri is a hard no when it comes to subsidizing or financing anything NFL-related.
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Tabernac
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Thankfully they put it to a vote. The politicians would have gone for it. Thinking that the stadium would be good for the economy, which is a big fat lie.
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tameimpalafan69
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here’s a mailer in favor of the stadium renovation
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