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In article <35C9EA6B.192C3AC5@ibm.net>, cawrigh@ibm.net says...
> James, Dave G wrote:
> > 
> > Chuck - do you somehow feel that, if the election results in a new
> > stadium, that somehow the public has been _forced_ to pay for it?
> > Explain this to me, please.
> 
> If it passes, everyone who votes for the stadium will be compelling
> everyone else who either voted against the stadium, didn't vote, or 
> who couldn't vote to pay for the stadium without their permission.
> 
> Last time I checked, taxes are not optional.

Umm this is called Democracy my friend - majority rules when it comes to 
passing laws of this sort (You want a one person veto of every law?  Then 
forget about having any laws - go live as a hermit if you want everything 
your way).  Republican Democracy  - best of a bad lot as the sayings go 
(majority rules, tempered by retaining fundamental rights at the level of 
the individual).  I pay for roads that I dont use, public transit that I 
dont take (RTD), schools my child doesn't attend, and "cultural 
facilities" that I dont use.  I pay lots of taxes I dont like ($40K a 
year to the federal government alone) that float a lot of programs I dont 
like or need.  But the laws are the laws - and if you elect to live in an 
area, you also abide by its law.  Dont like it?  Then move out of the 
stadium district - or work to eliminate the laws you think are unjust and 
improper.  My opinion - its a small enough chunk compared to others - and 
the loss of the team would hurt more than the losses incurred keeping the 
team.