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Dolphins' stadium bill enters difficult final phase [NFL Team Asking Taxpayers For $$]
Sun Sentinel ^ | 4/26/13 | Craig Davis

Posted on 04/27/2013 5:28:23 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

The Miami Dolphins’ quest for public funding for an overhaul of Sun Life Stadium will go down to the wire in the Florida Legislature.

After hopes appeared to be fading early Friday, the Senate version of the bill was scheduled for a second reading on Monday. There are five days remaining in the session, and the House version of the bill remains bogged down in committee.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: hogtrough; insanity; publiccorruption; sports; stuckonstupid; welfare
If the Republican controlled Florida legislature and governor approve the proposed bills, then the residents of Miami-Dade WILL VOTE on whether they will be responsible for subsidizing the improvements to Dolphin Stadium.

The team is running commercials saying taxpayers won't pay for it..."tourists" will, because the money is supposed to come from a hotel tax.

Except the money "tourists" spend is volatile and the money spent on the increased taxes WON'T be spent on other goods and services.

More corporate welfare...why don't the Dolphins ask some of their celebrity owners to chip in?

1 posted on 04/27/2013 5:28:23 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

The LIV’s will vote for it, rest assured. It boggles the mind. But most of the LIV’s get some form of govmint check and do not care where the money comes from.


2 posted on 04/27/2013 5:31:43 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Cyprus - the beginning)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Why are taxpayers SUBSIDIZING multi-millionaires chasing an oblong ball on a team owned by a billionaire???


3 posted on 04/27/2013 6:22:59 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Not likin' the new logo.

4 posted on 04/27/2013 6:27:09 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: SoFloFreeper

You won’t stop it. We had Republicans in charge of both houses of the Minnesota Legislature last year and they caved in to build the Vikings a a new taxpayer-financed playground.

Please accept my sympathies ina dvance.


5 posted on 04/27/2013 6:28:16 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Blather. Reince. Repeat.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

or even, in advance. :)

The current controversy here is that the electronic pulltabs they were counting on to provide part of the ‘state’ share of revenue are pulling in about five percent of projections.


6 posted on 04/27/2013 6:29:46 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Blather. Reince. Repeat.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

This is one thing good Democrats and Republicans can agree on, that taxpayers shouldn’t fund this kind of thing. Shame the politicians cave.


7 posted on 04/27/2013 6:30:48 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: martin_fierro

1974-1989 is the best logo. I agree, I don’t like the new one. Looks more like a whale than a Dolphin. The Miami Whalers.


8 posted on 04/27/2013 6:33:03 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: SoFloFreeper
Good morning.

Mr. Ross has the money, let him foot the bill.

5.56mm

9 posted on 04/27/2013 6:34:36 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: martin_fierro

Think this was one of the most popular logos too that they have been changing.


10 posted on 04/27/2013 6:35:00 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: martin_fierro
Good morning.

Where's the helmet?

5.56mm

11 posted on 04/27/2013 6:35:20 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: SoFloFreeper
What's wrong with Sun Life (Joe Robbie) Stadium...

It was build in 1987...good for another 20 years at least...

Seating capacity is 75,000...how about filling it up before building another one

12 posted on 04/27/2013 6:37:19 AM PDT by Popman (Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

After the Marlins debacle..how is this even being considered?


13 posted on 04/27/2013 8:07:34 AM PDT by ken5050 (Not every Muslim is a terrorist, but just about every terrorist is a Muslim..)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

What gripes me the most is that some idiot in “stuffing” will be making millions of dollars a year throwing around a blown up pigskin while the rest of us scrape for a week to week living. This is pure crony capitalism that has to end.


14 posted on 04/27/2013 8:15:26 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: ThomasMore

“This is pure crony capitalism that has to end.”

I agree, but I’ll bet you that amongst the posters here on FR there is an ample supply of folks who think this is a good thing because it allows them to sit in front of their TV with a beer and watch a bunch of mostly Black morons run around it tight jock straps.


15 posted on 04/27/2013 8:25:44 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: SoFloFreeper

If building and maintaining a stadium or arena was proiftable, the professional sports teams would insist on building and paying for their own facilities.


16 posted on 04/27/2013 8:31:32 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: SoFloFreeper

Why don’t they ask Sun Life to pay for the overhaul of Sun Life Stadium?


17 posted on 04/27/2013 8:46:16 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Why don’t they just go back to the Orange Bowl? They haven’t won a thing since they left.


18 posted on 04/27/2013 4:36:21 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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