One of the basic tenets of journalism is to present both sides of a story.
This story puts out the pro-rip-off the public side reasonably well, but it's factually challenged on a few levels. And, unfortunately, they failed to find anyone capable of countering Bomar's idiocy by pointing out that unless the people of this county are asked, extortion in the form of an involuntary tax is not the way to go.
I know, by now, that this "tax the movie tickets" scam was actually Steve "The Liar" Stuart's idea, so, along with his bridge and loot rail fetish, we have that to thank him for.
One of the talking heads remarks:"They might even get 14 or 1500 fans per game."
Think about it.
Presuming an average ticket prive of $10, that means that a crowd of 1500 will contribute a whole $750 towards the construction of this multi-million dollar waste of money.
$750.
That means that most movie theaters will provide more money from one day's take then all those in attendence at onem of these ball games.
That's "fair," isn't it?
The KATU story at 1:15 indicates that "taxpayers would be asked to invest a little more then 16 million in the project."
That's factually incorrect.
No one is "asking" us to "invest" anything. They're ramming this down our throats and no, we will not get to vote on it, although we could, easily, this summer during the already scheduled primary election in the first week of August.
Further, no one seems to be thinking about the traffic nightmare, the impact on the already strained student parking problems and, of course, the impacts if the equally moronic bridge replacement/loot rail scam goes through.
If this crap pile is to be built, the place to build it is the fair grounds... the team owners should pay for all of it, and we should put this to a vote.
Otherwise... maybe Asotin could use a minor league group of kids who just got out of high school?
Because WE can't.
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