It never ceases to amaze me how willing Brancaccio is to spend everyone else's money.
For example, in all of this suggested tax scam, I see nothing from him concerning taxing his paper to help pay for the team he wants so badly.
Others seems to share that view. Here's a recent example from comments under his babbling column wherein he tells us how great those of us who don 't want this tax will have it if we just go along with paying it... all so he can watch baseball without paying for the facility.
Asked directly if he would tax himself the way he wants to tax everyone else, Brancaccio shows what level of integrity and guts he has by refusing to answer.
And this clown judges ME?
Muddy and Lou - did it ever cross your mind that public support of private ventures is a contributing factor to the poor financial condition of the city and county, and maybe this is the time to stand up and put an end to it?
Private enterprise is much more efficient than any govt, and if this venture was financially viable it could stand on it's own w/o pubic dollars.
Once again - until the county releases full financials of the tri-mountian golf course and the amphitheature, and the city does the same for the hilton - maybe we should be very, very wary of these type of ventures. You have to ask yourself why they do not release these financials - perhaps becuase the actual financial picture is much more dire than what was originally promised?
Lou, could you provide a list of any other business around here where any group of consumers, particularly those engaging in activities and buying products absolutely unrelated to the business at hand have to pay a surcharge for it?
And surely, you would support a tax on your product as much as you support a tax on the products of others to support your particular game? because I simply cannot understand why you would tax movie tickets without actively volunteering your own business and product for a tax to accomplish the same thing.
Or you could also advocate for a 10$ surcharge for each ticket. After all, You buy a ticket to the ballpark, you help pay for the ballpark. Unlike a sales tax that impacts everyone, this impacts only those who use the ballpark.
And if this team folds, I still haven't seen the plan as to how we pay for this, or how much others using this facility will be charged to do so.
Surely you'd agree to that, wouldn't you, as badly as you want this?
As I said in my column notbuyinit, it needs to be vetted. And I'm strongly in favor of it being vetted. Couldn't agree more we should see what the deal looks like.
Did you miss that in my column?
Lou Brancaccio (Columbian Staff) — May 22, 2011 at 11:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal ) | Ignore User )