Posted on 06/02/2022 3:35:48 PM PDT by TigerClaws
DeSantis’s decision is in response to the Rays politicizing recent shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde ahead of a matchup with the Yankees in May.
Here’s what the Rays posted before the start of the game:
(at link)
The decision follows DeSantis’ response to Disney earlier this year. In April, DeSantis revoked Disney’s special tax and self-governing privileges after the company injected itself into the debate over a Florida parental rights law, inaccurately dubbed as “Don’t Say Gay.”
DeSantis is giving a voice to the people who do not want their sports and children’s companies on the front lines of the cultural divide.
Florida residents had called for DeSantis to veto the spending anyway, saying that Floridians’ tax dollars should not help fund a facility for a professional sports team.
The Florida Senate has argued against this case, by listing the proposal as a “Sports Training and Youth Tournament Complex” and not mentioning the Rays. However, the Tampa Bay Times first reported the money would mostly help cover a new facility for the Rays.
Expect Gov. DeSantis to address his decision shortly.
We need to see more of this kind of stuff in all the states.
The title is nothing but politically motivated and there’s nothing to support it. But if you read the article, the majority of Floridians were against giving taxpayer money to the Rays for this venture. Just like the majority of Floridians were in favor of the “don’t say gay” bill.
So again DeSantis rules in favor of his people.
What is CRITICAL here to understand is that DeSantis is NOT asking Florida’s sports teams (and other corporations) to donate millions to the NRA or Gun Owners of America - he simply telling them to SHUT THE HELL UP if you want concessions from the State of Florida.
Neutrality is fine, if corporations don’t like that rule, they can go to Oregon or California, while other, non-political, corporations will take their place and make bank in Florida.
JON-A-THAN!!
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4 more years...
desantis for florida governor 2022...
desantis for president 2028...
florida first!... 😎
In lieu of game coverage and in collaboration with @Yankees, we will use our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence.
The devastating events that took place in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless other communities across our nation are tragedies that are intolerable.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022
pic.twitter.com/9DpyuwEzJo— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022
Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns, and more than 200 are shot and injured.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022
58 percent of American adults or someone they care for have experienced gun violence.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022
Every three hours, a young Black man dies by gun homicide.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022
Each year, more than 4,100 Latinx people die from gun violence in the U.S. and 13,300 are shot and wounded.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022
About 4.5 million women in the US today report having been threatened with a gun by an intimate partner.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 27, 2022
Access to a gun triples the risk of death by suicide.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 27, 2022
When an assault weapon is used in a mass shooting, it results in six times as many people shot than when other guns are used.— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 27, 2022
Celebrate love 🏳️🌈
Happy #Pride Month, Tampa Bay! pic.twitter.com/ZrsUx4CNGW— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 1, 2022
#RaysUp x #PRIDE pic.twitter.com/rYdWlUsb7P— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 1, 2022
We join with the @MLB family today, and every day, in support of LGBTQ+ youth and in taking a stand against bullying. pic.twitter.com/S6tmZbbkYL— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 21, 2021
Today on #SpiritDay and every day, we take a stand against bullying and support LGBTQ youth! pic.twitter.com/byVFCO9d4x— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 15, 2020
“Latinx”? The use of this word by the Rays is divisive and vile.
Regardless of politics, ANY professional sport business that can’t pay to build their own facilities should do without.
I used to live in central Florida and got sick watching the taxpayers get raped over and over for stadiums and the like.
Hillsborough and Pinellas counties have certainly farked themselves in that regard.
OTOH, you can you call it rape if the victim (taxpayer) lays on their back and spreads their legs?
Mature men prefer walking through the woods hunting game than sitting on their fat asses, swilling down beer and watching other big men play a little boys’ game.
Freakin’ awesome. Way to go Ron.
DeSantis is giving a voice to the people who do not want their sports and children’s companies on the front lines of the cultural divide.
The only sporting/professional facilities that should be paid for by the state are shooting ranges. After all the right to bear arms is in the constitution.:)
RON-A-THAN!!
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Veto it because it's immoral for taxpayers to pay for billionaire sports franchises playgrounds.
I don't know why maybe back in the 1970s, sports teams should have allocated 10% of their gross profits to future stadiums.
Even here in Green Bay, there is no way in Hell I would support an expansion or replacement of Lambeau Field like my stupid ass did in the 1990s. To Hell with them.
You can roll those fresh horse turds in powdered sugar all day long & call them ‘donut holes’...BUT they are still horse turds.
Yup. There is no good reason the taxpayers of ANY political subdivision should bear the costs associated to private enterprise, especially those in monopoly industries like Pro Sports.
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