The Opposition is Building….
By an overwhleming majority, the Sacramento County Young Democrats voted to OPPOSE Measures Q and R, the building and financing of a new arena in Sacramento. The Youg Democrats decided this was a BAD DEAL for the future generation of Sacramento, and were not preapred to have working men and women pay additional sales tax to finance an arena that will benefit the Maloof millionaires…and has no guarantees to bring about downtown revitlaiztion (which is already happening, in my humble opinion).
There were representatives from both sides of the issue there…I could see the YES on Q and R side was in major trouble when their best argument was that while it’s not a perfect deal, there’s no alternative and it’s the best deal we got so we have to vote on it…to not be able to defend the merits of this deal, yet ask Sacramento County residents to subsidize this public handout is unconsionable!!!
Godd job Young Dems!
The Sacramento Business Journal–which probably skews more towards arena supporters anyway–reported that only 40% of their online readers would vote for Q&R. I think more people are getting tired of the fallacious arguments. The arena wasn’t even part of the railyards development initially. Downtown development is coming with or without Q&R.