Citizens Against Government Waste Names Govs. Laura Kelly (D-Kans.) and Michael Parson (R-Mo.) July 2024 Porkers of the Month
2024年7月17日 - 7:53AM
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Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Kansas
Governor Laura Kelly (D) and Missouri Governor Michael Parson (R)
its July 2024 Porkers of the Month for renewing the fight to locate
the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to their respective sides of the
Missouri River.
In 2019, the governors agreed to a truce to avoid a border war
for the teams. However, that came to an end when Gov. Kelly signed
legislation to provide up to $1.4 billion in taxpayer subsidies to
move the teams to Kansas, after which Gov. Parson began looking for
options to keep the teams on his side of the Missouri River. The
losers in this new battle will be the taxpayers.
CAGW President Tom Schatz said, “Professional sports teams like
the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals may bring local pride but they
provide little to no economic benefits to local communities.
Battles over stadium retention or relocation place a substantial
financial burden on the backs of taxpayers, instead of the team
owners who are the real beneficiaries in subsidized stadium deals.
The decision to make Governors Kelly and Parson the July Porkers of
the Month was therefore easy and well-deserved as they push ahead
with the scourge of stadium subsidies that should be stopped rather
than expanded.”
Citizens Against Government Waste is a
nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste,
fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. For more than two
decades, Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers
and government officials who have shown a blatant disregard for the
taxpayers.
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Deborah Collier (202) 467-5300 dcollier@cagw.org