That's kind of surprising. Both Ricordatti and Torg were talking about being excited for the season on Tuesday and were pro-Jackets.
I believe it was Torg, that was a little fairer about it, but all they kept harping on was how Columbus needs that money to help their failing schools, and how voters would not be able to vote on where the money goes.
Truth be known, the city can talk about the money going to police, fire, and schools, but the money will go into the general fund, and will be spent where they want to spend it. It is easy to say that some of the money will go to police and fire since about 80% of the general fund budget goes to public safety.
I see this as a win-win deal. They will spend some "found money" tax revenue from the casino, to keep an entity in town that generates, as well as pays, huge sums of revenue to the city, county, and state. Not to mention the jobs created in the arena district, and the taxes paid by those employed people.
It is tremendously short-sighted to not like this deal, as no ones taxes will be raised, and no ones tax dollars will be used except the casino's.