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Message: [QUOTE="Dugway, post: 5333231, member: 13446"] I am not a resident of CT, don’t own any property there, don’t pay any taxes there in CT at all. I really have no dog in the fight. With that being said, 1) it is not uncommon for public funds to be involved in the construction of sporting venues. Often times it is a concoction of private money and public, and the public money can be a combination of State and local. 2) It may not be the only occurrence, but it would be uncommon to have public money invested in the actual sporting team. I believe the Green Bay Packers are owned by the local municipal government, and they have done very well with that. Of course that is the NFL which is on the opposite side of the profitability spectrum than that of the WNBA. In modern America, we tend to think that the government has an unlimited checkbook, but the reality is that it’s your money. How do you folks that live in CT feel about your current State and Local government. Do you feel that you are under taxed for the services that you receive. Or, do you feel that your taxes are excessive now and not well spent? I don’t have a dog in your fight as noted. I can tell you however that I am not a fan of any of my tax dollars being spent on the construction of the new stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders, nor the new stadium for the Las Vegas A’s. Part of that is that I live 450 miles away. It’s an equivalent distance as from Storrs to Richmond,VA. I just don’t seem to be getting great bang for my buck with having those two professional sports teams home facilities packaged into my payroll. JMHO. [/QUOTE]

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