• Overland Park, Mo.: A $75 million soccer proposal was on the ballot. It was a necessary precursor to luring the Kansas City Wizards Major League Soccer team to the suburban city. Voters rejected it 64 percent to 36 percent.

Lest you think a new Real Salt Lake stadium in Sandy is a done deal, Salt Lake County has just signed a contract with Economic Research Associates, a national firm, to analyze the proposal, the team's finances and whether the county will get a fair-market return on its proposed $40 million investment. The firm's report probably won't be ready until early January.

The county's chief administrative officer, Doug Willmore, told me the report will have a huge impact on whether County Mayor Peter Corroon decides to support the stadium. In the meantime, however, the county and the team remain far apart on "technical aspects" of a deal.

Meanwhile, it would be foolish for local politicians to look at the anti-stadium revolt nationwide and think it has no application here. This election was, among other things, a rejection of the arrogance of power. Apparently, that arrogance includes wealthy team owners who say they are vital to the economies of major cities.

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Jay Evensen is editorial page editor of the Deseret Morning News. E-mail: even@desnews.com