Perfect example of community financed pork and profits (when there are some) going to a privately held corp.
Safeco Field in Seattle. Beautiful place. Fantastic for watching baseball, when they built this'n they built it right. Here's the issue. It was voted DOWN, not once, but THREE times by the city of Seattle (and King county) and after that the Washington State Legislature approved a "loan" against state sales tax (statewide, not just in King County), food & beverage taxes in King County and a sale of special items (license plates, etc) to finance the park... The King County Council agreed to the package and construction was started. And all of this happened AGAINST the wishes of the voting public, who defeated the measure EVERY TIME it was put on a ballot. $517M total cost, bankrolled on $393M in public funds, collected from taxes paid by Washington residents and by King County in particular, and they have the nerve to call it "Safeco" (because Safeco Insurance 'bought' the naming rights for $40M) Publicly funded sports arenas are a crock. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168620 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
