“The school district decided to build it in a down economy, knowing full well it will never recoup the costs”
That’s fine if that’s what the local taxpayers want to take out of their own personal funds. Anyone is free to invest their own personal money into a losing investment if they so wish. They voted on it at the LOCAL level. That’s SMALL GOVERNMENT in action.
But I would bet that’s not the whole story and other people are subsidizing this who didn’t get a chance to vote on it. I’ll keep digging.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it . . . no one’s minds will be changed (nor do I care if they are not). I simply wanted to see if there are any fiscal conservatives among Texas HS football fans.