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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by cultus on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:49AM (#18155717)
I hear that. In King County (Seattle), we desperately need more public transit and funding for the homeless problem. The county decided that giving a $135 million handout to the Mariners to build a bigger beer garden (among other things) was a higher priority. Not only is this a flagrant waste of money, but it is highly unpopular.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by turtlebits on Saturday October 06, 2018 @12:47PM (#18155972)
I wouldn't say it's a handout, they are signing a new 25 year lease, and the funds are supposed to address wear and tear. Seems reasonable to me as a landlord (in lieu of the owner of the stadium performing repairs).
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by stochastic_monk on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:18PM (#18156450)
Why wouldn’t the owner of the team or stadium (the ones making money with it) pay?
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by bobthepanda on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:30PM (#18156500)
They are. The county owns the stadium.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by mey on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:18PM (#18156451)
How much rent are they charging?
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by prolikewh0a on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:23PM (#18156774)
Safeco Field is where this comment stemmed from. Hundred million dollar _public money_ handout to a stadium. We have plenty of money for that, but not the homeless, drug problems, or public transit. Now we have NHL I'm sure Jenny Durkan & City Council will just bend the knee to with multi million dollar renovations to Key Arena.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by dixie_land on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:45PM (#18156584)
The city brought homeless problem upon themselves by raising taxes to literally bring them in by the bus load.

http://mynorthwest.com/985398/seattles-next-homeless-encampm...?

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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by the_clarence on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:51PM (#18156613)
Taxes don’t make people homeless. Dumb low minimum wages and the lack of government aids for people who are struggling to survive is the reason for homeless people. More taxes directed at helping people in need is a good thing.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by opportune on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:51PM (#18156615)
But the true solution to the homeless problem is greater spending on addiction treatment / mental health care, which the state needs to fund
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by prolikewh0a on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:27PM (#18156796)
That article has nothing to do with what you said at all.
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