Details on the Cobb County Ball Park Scam
By This particularly unnecessary subsidy to plutocrats will be largely coming directly from the county’s taxpayers. (As a commenter notes, the John Malone, the majority owner of the company that owns the Braves, has a net worth of $6.7 billion.)
In conclusion, clearly we need to cut food stamps!
…more here. And this is relevant:
The Cobb County School Board approved painful budget cuts Thursday night.
The 2014 budget, which goes into effect July 1, includes five teacher furlough days, the reduction of 182 positions by attrition, and the removal of $41-million from the reserves fund. Employees will get a half-year step increase.