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Soccer stadium funding hits a snag

Whoo Hooo!
Another Boondoggle!
Monkees I tell ya!

Leave it to Corroon....

Why do we need to support a sport that is failing and floundering?

If the Sandy executives really wants to fund the stadium, maybe they should start by contributing their excessive bonuses and repay the $money$ they wasted on the legal fight to keep their misuse of public funds a secret.

What a shocker!

This is still soccer right?

NO ONE CARES!!!

(Except keep your grubby hands off of my tax money!)

Whos the State gonna force to cough up the dough this time?

Looks like somebody is finally starting to notice that big white elephant in the room. Hey, the economy's in the tank...let's build a soccer stadium with our tax dollars!

Dave Checketts pitch in a little bit of his OWN money since it is his OWN business!!!

I want my money back.

Maybe Dolan, Sant and the other Sandy leaders can give their big bonuses to ReAL Salt Lake. That would be better than shafting county residents again.

Tax and spend, tax and spend...at least someone in this state is acting like an actual conservative.

I'm extremely glad I don't live in Salt Lake Valley!!!

looks like someone understands the meaning of the term high risk investment and this soccer stadium is high risk to the extreme. i believe NO public money should be used to build this white elephant. this needs to be a private deal start to finish. the tax payers need not be stuck in the quick sand that is soccer.

All soccer-haters, CAVEs (Citizens Against Virtually Everything), & the like. Now is your chance to post about:
How bad this idea was, is & will be.
How the government is wasting "Your" money.
How only the rich will become richer off the backs of the poor, overworked, underpaid, middle-aged working man/woman.
How your childrens education will suffer & they will grow-up not being able to read, write or carry on a coherent intelligent conversation.
How this is all a subversive effort to make Americans like/accept soccer.

Please blog something, I need a good laugh today.

We have some of the most inept politicians!

Sandy and the stadium will get the money. Just in a different way. The county plans to continue paying a subsidy to Sandy for its amphitheater that was scheduled to end this year. Sandy can then shift other money in its budget towards the soccer stadium.

Coroon reminds me of a dog in high oats...utterly lost.

Because it's not a sport.

Good for Mayor Caroon. This is a complete and total waste of taxpayer dollars. The biz plan checketts advanced was so full of holes, and rosy projections, that it looks like a Utah-county pyramid marketing scheme.

Sandy and the state legislature dragged Salt Lake County against their will into this project. The county has met their commitment (forced to do so) and now Sandy wants the county to pay Sandy's share too.

It is outrageous that Sandy should now try to reduce their own commitment and asking anything more of the county is unreasonable.

Sandy wanted the stadium in their backyard and they should meet their obligations as promised.