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Opening Arguments

Colts and dolts

The Indianapolis Star wants the state to bail out Indy over the Colts debacle:

State Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, makes a valid point that the various Central Indiana hotel, restaurant, ticket and car rental taxes enacted to build the stadium were not represented as a discretionary funding source for day-to-day operations. The first obligation is to make sure construction is covered. But Kenley and other state leaders are wrong to toss off the looming shortfall as the city's problem when, after all, the state took control of the stadium as part of the financing process.

Advance Indiana is not impressed with the argument:

Because Mayor Bart gave away the farm to keep the Colts here he's now not able to keep the place running. If Mayor Bart wanted to keep everything for himself he'd just raise Marion County taxes to pay for it. He didn't and he thought the other counties would bow down and open up their wallets to Mayor Bart. Bzzt! WRONG!

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Comments

Laura
Thu, 08/31/2006 - 3:17am

Maybe they could cut back on the salaries of all the athletes. That would more than pay for the shortfall.

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