The San Diego Chargers have decided not to put their expansion/renovation plans for the stadium and surrounding area on the ballot for November. This is excellent in my opinion as they are a private enterprise that seems to want concessions from the city and wants the city to spend tax payer dollars to help them make money. I’m not a sports fan, so maybe I’m jaded, but why should the Chargers get special treatment? Does sports really help the economy? From what I’ve read, not really (in terms of net gain).
Other cities in the county (and around the country) are trying to court the Chargers. I say, great, let them leave. We (the taxpayers) already spent a boatload of money about 10 years ago to renovate the stadium, we had a ticket guarantee so that they could make more money, and now pay them when a game is sold out because they are losing revenue due to becoming in compliance with the ADA. I say it is about time we give them the boot and if they can’t make money without taxpayer funds, that’s fine. Our city can’t afford to subsidize the Chargers nor give away 600 acres of land to private enterprise at a time when the city has a pension debt of almost 2 billion dollars.