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Wow. Was it clear to them what they were voting for? How does that happen?
by extralego 8y ago
Wow. Was it clear to them what they were voting for? How does that happen?
- zdragnar 8y agoMaybe it's a Wisconsin thing? Renovations to Lambeau Field in Green Bay were paid for by a voter-approved sales tax in Brown County. Wisconsin also loves to use property taxes for various things, which is how it gets away with being slightly lower-taxed than neighboring MN while having a similar quality of life.
- dredmorbius 8y agoGBP are a nonprofit community-owned team: The Packers are owned by the fans, making them the only publicly owned, not-for-profit, major professional team in the United States. The Pack have been a fan-owned operation since the primitive pro football days of the nineteen-twenties, when N.F.L. teams could be won in card games and no one foresaw the awesome power this sport would hold over both the American imagination and the American wallet.... The Packers’ unique setup has created a relationship between team and community unlike any in the N.F.L. Wisconsin fans get to enjoy the team with the confidence that their owner won’t threaten to move to Los Angeles unless the team gets a new mega-dome. https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/those-non-profit-packers https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/those-non-prof...