Lawmakers pass Bucks arena deal, sending it to Gov. Walker
Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a $500 million deal to finance a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.
The deal was passed Tuesday in a 52-34 vote.
Read more: http://wbay.com/2015/07/27/assembly-leader-says-bucks-arena-bill-has-votes-to-pass/
The billionaire sports owners continue to use extortion to get their toys.
Now this goes to our governor, Scott Walker, who will sign it.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Money for this, but no money for schools?
Archae
(46,369 posts)Miller Park was supposed to bring in thousands of new jobs, they promised.
Only a few hundred seasonal jobs were created.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)percentage of the "new jobs created" will be minimum wage, or barely above. And seasonal at that.
yuiyoshida
(41,869 posts)" Scott Walker Arena" .. Bet he has it named after him.
bucolic_frolic
(43,442 posts)You've just been prepped by the GOP!!!
msongs
(67,478 posts)This Wisconsin voter is sure as hell NOT ok with it.
sybylla
(8,533 posts)It's one of the few things uniting Dems and Republicans - outside of Milwaukee anyway.
jalan48
(13,907 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)angrychair
(8,750 posts)Here is a clip from his show...what team owners do should be criminal
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sybylla
(8,533 posts)Donors and friends are sucking up all the taxpayer dollars Wanker wants to throw at them, after kicking back a little to the campaign, of course.