August 20, 2004
St. Louis County to referendum organizers: No backsies
The St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners has officially certified that opponents of the new Cardinals stadium have compiled enough petition signatures for a November vote to ... well, they didn't actually certify what it would do. Organizers with the Coalition Against Public Funding for Stadiums say it would block the county from making payments on $46 million in stadium bonds that it sold last December; the county says its lawyers say it could only prevent county spending on future stadiums, not ones already underway. If the referendum is passed by voters in November, its next stop would undoubtedly be the courts.
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