27 July 2006
Another reason to hate the Yankees
They steal your tax money!
From the Village Voice, via Hotfoot :
That said, not exactly as bad of a waste of tax dollars as the Iraq Debacle. And no blood was spilled.
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From the Village Voice, via Hotfoot :
City documents newly uncovered by the Voice reveal that the New York Yankees billed city tax- payers hundreds of thousands of dollars for the salaries of team execs and high-powered consultants to lobby the city and state, thanks to the team's sweetheart lease deal engineered by the Giuliani administration."You've created this weird circular situation where the city is, effectively, paying with taxpayer money to have itself lobbied for potentially more taxpayer money," says Common Cause's Megan Quattlebaum, one of several government watchdogs who were dumbfounded when the Voice told them last week about the deal. "Taxpayers would not be pleased at all to hear that the city is subsidizing someone to come back and hold their hand out to lobby for more."
That said, not exactly as bad of a waste of tax dollars as the Iraq Debacle. And no blood was spilled.
¶ 2:16 PM
