(06-26-2013 11:50 PM)RUNVSFD MINER Wrote:  

(06-26-2013 05:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(06-26-2013 03:38 AM)mistabinks Wrote:  A family of four at the very least should expect to pay for four general admission tickets.

You are missing the point. Holguin knows that many of his constituents will never have the disposable cash to enjoy baseball games in the first place so he wants to make sure that none of their tax payer money ever goes to the building of a baseball stadium.

It may be the case now that it won't come from tax payer money but it may not be the case forever.

Most people don't think deeply enough to understand why people vote the way they do. I'm sure a lot of people think Holguin is doing it simply because he hates rich people.

I know you however understand that it is more complicated than that.

They will never afford a 6 dollar ticket? You serious?
Or is this just crazy talk?

It would seem that you have never lived in poverty. Six dollars is literally enough to put dinner on the table for a family of four. If you are in that situation, you are not even dreaming of going to a ballgame where you would have to shell out 24 dollars on tickets, 6 dollars on parking. Not including concessions which would be out of the question.

Many who live in Holguin's district will never go to a ball game. For this reason, it is understandable that they would have no interest in raising taxes for a ballpark.