There's no such thing as free stadium money | ENside Politics
Heywood Sanders, a trenchant critic of deals cut in private but paid for with public dollars, says San Antonio has a long history of financing projects like the planned $160 million stadium for the Missions ball club. They rarely turn out well for taxpayers, the UTSA professor emeritus of public administration tells ENside Politics. The problem: too much back-room bargaining, too little public participation in the projects' development. Suggested reading: Development around Missions stadium would replace affordable Soap Factory complex, a rarity downtown Council vote on ballpark deal pushed…
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