08:57 PM
12/21/24
12/21/24
August 03, 2015
No Voter Approval Needed to Spend Public Money on New Rams Stadium: The St. Louis Rams can build a new football stadium with hundreds of millions in public funds without getting voter approval, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Frawley ruled. A 2002 city ordinance requires a public vote before the city spends tax money on a new stadium. A task force led by Gov. Jay Nixon wants to spend $998 million on new digs, including $201 million from state and city bonds. Frawley somehow concluded the 2002 law doesn't require a vote.
I guess this would be the logical next step in the lunacy of publicly funded major league pro sports facilities, but still -- there's no way to properly describe how criminally idiotic this is.
In terms of any possible public outrage this might generate, it couldn't happen to a nicer league.