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LoveiseverywhereXOXO t1_j9v8lq1 wrote

If Baseball was financially viable cities would not have to keep coughing up money to build their parks for them, but it’s not even after over a decade of the squirrels being here for some reason they can’t stand on their own feet despite being part of a multibillion dollar industry. It’s a losing proposition and a waste of our limited resources. We need to fix our schools, build mixed income housing, build community centers, fix our roads and build homeless shelters. Building a playground for rich people to save money on their private enterprise is a waste of cash and is the literal bottom of real priorities for anyone who understands how a city works.

It’s so telling in these threads who are the man children and who are the actual adults.

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KiwiStack t1_j9vd8gf wrote

Oooo! Am I one of the man children?!

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LoveiseverywhereXOXO t1_j9vf6yr wrote

If you don’t understand that using public resources to subsidize a for profit business that statistically looses money for cities who invest in them is a poor choice compared to using that money to invest in things that do improve our community and economy all because you like baseball then yes you have a child like mentality and aren’t approaching things as an adult

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KiwiStack t1_j9viz0x wrote

If you don’t understand that the flying squirrels is one of the least gross private entity that public resources subsidized, and overall it provides some good to the city and provides good to the community, you are a pot calling a kettle black.

Look, I get it. I understand your point. But there is ALWAYS something “better” to spend the money on. It doesn’t have to be an either or situation. Sometimes, it really is helpful to support private entities in this way. The Flying Squirrels is not worth this fight. The Training Camp? Absolutely. That was ridiculous. The proposed 1B in corporate tax cuts in the state budget because we have ‘a surplus of revenues’? Get the fuck out of here. That’s so dumb. The casino? The proposed coliseum? I Can get behind all of this.

The city doing something they promised they would do 14 years ago? Please pick a different battle.

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