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October 14, 2009
Post columnist Siegel: ask the mayoral candidates to justify "massive subsidies" for new sports facilities
Atlantic Yards Report
Atlantic Yards watchdogs aren't the only ones who are wondering how politicians waste taxpayer money on new sports venues with a straight face.
From fiscal conservative Fred Siegel's op-ed in the New York Post, headlined A wasted debate: B'berg, Thompson ignore economy: So here are a few questions that the panelists might want to ask if the next debate is not to be as hapless:
* Ask the mayor if his massive subsidies for the well-to-do owners of the Yankees, Mets and Nets for new stadiums can be economically justified when they're being paid for by a middle class bridling under what are already the highest taxes in the continental US.
Posted by lumi at October 14, 2009 6:18 PM