Quote:According to this article, the part in bold in your quoted comment isn't entirely true.  The tax payers (myself included) are in fact paying part of the tab (something that I agree with).  According to the article, a portion is being paid by the City of Jacksonville, a portion is being paid by The Jaguars and the remaining cost is being paid for by savings on the current construction project.

 

Either way, it really doesn't matter.  As a resident of Jacksonville, I have no problem using city funds to pay for upgrades to a city owned facility, especially when that facility makes money that is put back into the city treasury.

 

The "facts" as presented by Florio help push a subject he's long been big on - the fact that taxpayers are paying for stadia that help the bottom line of billionaires.

 

While he has a point, the full issue will never be presented in the format that PFT offers - i.e., the information you've provided won't be given in the "hit 'em and move on" type of "articles" that make up PFT.

 

If you've read PFT for more than two days you must know that it's a valid source of news in a very limited way. Outside of those limits it's just sigh and move on. And never read the comments - it's too depressing to know that many of those people probably vote.

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