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April 11, 2011
L.A. county could have say over AEG NFL stadium
Hey, lookit, investigative journalism! The Los Angeles Times, having (in its words) completed a "review of records spanning nearly half a century of financial and development issues involving the Los Angeles Convention Center," uncovered something unexpected today about the proposed AEG NFL stadium: It would likely require county approval, not just city, because of a joint powers agreement that goes back to the 1960s.
There's no particular sign of opposition to the project from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, but this could still present a wild card, if only because AEG's lobbying machine hasn't yet approached the county. The Times reports that AEG president Tim Leiweke told the paper earlier this year: "We're not asking anything out of the county because we don't want to deal with them." Surprise!
They don't want to deal with the county because the county will tell them what to do with their request for $350 million taxpayer dollars.
Posted by taxpayerripoffs on April 13, 2011 01:32 AM