January 02, 2004
Dallas stadium vote may be put off till 2005
County officials in Dallas are considering putting off a vote on $450 million in tax subsidies for a new Cowboys stadium until next year, and theories are flying fast and furious as to why, according to the Dallas Morning News (incredibly tedious registration required). "I don't want to get the stadium issue, and the site issues of that mixed up in the partisan politics of a presidential election," declared Republican County Commissioner Jim Jackson, leading to speculation that GOP officials fear sparking voter backlash against largely Republican local officials during an election year. Meanwhile, Dave Capps of the group No Jones Tax charged that the Cowboys were behind the delay: "I think one reason he [team owner Jerry Jones] does not want to have it then is because the advertising cost will be huge. He is not a political candidate, so he has to pay full rate for television. He has everything to gain by shoving it out."
