Afternoon Line

So, if cities can’t give gifts of public money to shopping center developers and they can’t pony up for employee unions ….. work with me here but I’m guessing the idea of “investing” $325 million with the owner of the Phoenix Coyotes to realize a return of $115 million is going to be laughed out of court when it inevitably lands there.

I like hockey. I’d hate to see the team fly away just because Glendale city officials have bungled the whole deal.  But unless you think there are some aspects of the constitution that we should ignore,  this deal should be DOA.

If the NHL wants hockey in the desert, perhaps they should just sell the city the team. It’d be a lot cheaper than propping up the new owners—and probably constitutional, too.

-Laurie Robert of the Arizona Republic where you can read why the NHL deal may be unconstitutional according to the state.

Source: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/afternoon_line468/

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