Thread: TAXPAYERS TO FURNISH NEW SOCCER STADIUM FOR ILLEGALSl

Although the article does not mention ILLEGALS several of the comments realize the "Soccer Stadium" is being built for the ILLEGAL population of the Sanctuary City of Houston Texas further furnishing another taxpayer paid benefit for the ILLEGALS of the ILLEGAL EMPLOYERS and their SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS! The Mayor behind this deal wants to run for the United States Senate and/or Governor of Texas which every job that KAMNESTY BAILEY does not want; that would be a real combination for the State.

Stadium promise to taxpayers may be broken
Bad economy means public funds may be needed after all
By BRADLEY OLSON
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Sept. 13, 2009, 7:43AM

County may be forced to pay $4 million or more to the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority due to a cascading series of challenges initiated when $117 million in stadium bonds soured at the peak of the financial crisis last year.

The payments indirectly could upend a promise to taxpayers that public money would not be spent on professional sports stadiums.

City, county and stadium authority officials have struggled to avoid that outcome for months as the due date for a balloon debt payment approaches in November.

The sports authority debt ran into trouble about a year ago when MBIA, a financial firm that insured the variable-rate bonds, was downgraded by investor analysts. The city recently experienced similar problems with about $182 million in variable-rate debt. It avoided heavy charges by using the county as an investor of last resort.

Sports authority officials insist they can resolve the problem without drastic steps, but analysts said that will mean walking a fine line.

Paul Bettencourt, former Harris County tax assessor-collector and a critic of the stadium deals, said the idea the authority will be able to weather the crisis is “preposterous.â€

This is another example of the the reason we MUST address corruption in our gov't and get them out of Washington.

Originally Posted by ELE

This is another example of the the reason we MUST address corruption in our gov't and get them out of Washington.

Agree, that would be a GREAT COMMENT for the source article!

[i]"Robert Bland, chairman of the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas, said that while stadiums are widely celebrated as civic symbols, “that never justifies a local government putting itself in a financial straitjacket that could risk the credibility of that local government in the financial markets.â€

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHY OUR GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS ARE PANDERING TO THOSE WHO PRESENCE HERE IS ILLEGAL? THEY ARE TREATED A H**L OF A LOT BETTER THAN THE CITIZENS ARE. THIS SITUATION IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY ANYTIME SOON IF EVER. IT REALLY ANGERS ME THAT THEY ARE ILLEGAL AND ARE MAKING DEMANDS AS IF THEY ARE OWED SOMETHING. NOW THATS WHAT YOU CALL GOING TO THE EXTREME. AND ANOTHER THING THAT ANGERS ME IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO MIMIC THEIR CAUSE AFTER THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN. BUT, THE THING THATS WRONG ABOUT THAT IS, THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS HERE CIVIL OR OTHERWISE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LEGAL CITIZENS. AND THEY NEED TO STOP STEALING WHATS NOT THEIRS.

They now fully believe they belong here and have all rights that citizens have. Most all of them have U.S. born citizen children that are fully entrenched in the schools, Headstart, etc. so of course they deserve a soccer stadium!