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City Council Meeting, February 9th, 2010:
Stadium Boosters on and off the City Council managed to get dueling ballot measures out there Tuesday two weeks ago - and they managed to promote even more confusion than we usually see on the stadium subsidy issue.
The end result - a massive $114,000,000 upfront subsidy for the San Francisco 49ers - is still the trap being laid for our City on June 8th. The final ballot language, written by Councilman Matthews, is in fact less accurate than that stated on the petitions that Santa Clarans were cajoled into signing throughout the month of January.
To see an analysis of this latest ballot measure, please click here: Watch Your Language!
Thank you for all of your support,
Bill Bailey, Treasurer
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This is Who We Are:
We are Santa Clara Plays Fair, a grass-roots coalition of Santa Clara citizens and interested organizations who oppose the City of Santa Clara's subsidy of a stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. We seek to prevent the use of public assets or indebtedness to build or operate a professional football stadium in the City of Santa Clara.
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We still need volunteers to help us pass out informational flyers in neighborhoods and at shopping centers. Please click on "Volunteer" in the left hand column of this web page, complete the volunteer form and we'll contact you with details.
What We Believe
Our city has long deferred more important projects. We believe that Santa Clara should not tax its citizens, increase its debt, or allocate land or any other valuable assets to build or operate a stadium.
Instead, Santa Clara should be using its funding resources to resolve such important needs in our community as:
- Affordable housing, particularly for the growing senior population.
- A long-promised and long-deferred new library for the residents north of Bayshore.
- Attracting businesses that provide basic services to residents north of Bayshore.
- Providing more affordable, family-friendly entertainment options.
- Seeking alternative and more lucrative investments in industries like green energy that would create full-time, year-round well-paying jobs.
- Rebuilding the City's depleted emergency reserves fund.
Check out our flyer! Click here for more info.