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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure you understand how public finance works. Why wouldn’t Virginia bid on getting the new stadium?  How do you think Maryland got FedEx from DC’s RFK?

That’s how these kind of projects are built, via public finance through bonds in which the future collected taxes (property or sales) are pledged for future debt payment. I worked on the deal for Nats Park (which almost went to Virginia in Pentagon City) and the Ravens stadium for example.

This proposal of how the state would pay for the stadium is completely normal.  [/quote]
FedEx Field is NOT publicly financed. It was built and is owned by the WFT/Commanders. [/quote]

Actually, it seems Maryland's taxpayers were on the hook for about $128 million in today's dollars.

Still, that's a much better deal than Youngkin is offering. I thought these private-sector businessmen were supposed to be shrewd negotiators and good financial stewards? I guess Republicans only abhor public spending when it goes towards making government more functional or improving peoples' lives.[/quote]

I didn't see Youngkin's name in the article. You might want to stop drinking this early in the day. [/quote]

Who do you think signed the bill? [/quote]

Again, stop drinking. You are starting to hallucinate. No one has signed any bill. Note who introduced this bill:

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The bill, introduced by Sen. Richard Saslaw (D) of Fairfax, ...
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