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jmowreader

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21. They did a bond issue

Tue May 20, 2014, 02:16 PM

May 2014

Allen is an expensive suburb of Dallas, and their schools are well funded. High school football is the official state religion of Texas. In 2009 the voters decided to construct a football stadium that would make pro teams jealous, and agreed to having their property taxes raised to pay for it.

I think it's going to come down to one thing: the engineering firm that designed this place didn't factor in 60,000 football-crazed people creating intense, structure-destroying harmonic vibrations through intense, hour-long in-unison foot-stomping sessions five times a year, every year, until someone in the Allen Independent School District decides there's a little bit fancier stadium with only about 20,000 more seats than theirs about 45 miles away, in the city of Arlington, and they can't be shown up like that, now can they?

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$60 million Texas High School Football Stadium to close, deemed 'not safe' [View all] n2doc May 2014 OP

Big lawsuit coming LittleBlue May 2014 #1

Everyone knows when concrete gets cold and wet... Blue Owl May 2014 #2

$60 mill for football stadium, $0 for teachers and staff. hobbit709 May 2014 #3

Do you have a link on that? dilby May 2014 #7

Texas Ranks 49th In Public Education Spending Despite Huge Economy LanternWaste May 2014 #8

So they spend lest with better results? dilby May 2014 #9

Do you have a link for that? Orrex May 2014 #10

Here dilby May 2014 #12

Does that first one cover only public schools, or private/charter/STEM schools as well? Orrex May 2014 #14

The top 10 in Texas are all charter or magnet TBF May 2014 #16

Thank you. Orrex May 2014 #18

alec why not cite the kock brothers directly leftyohiolib May 2014 #19

Used Google top hit, no idea who Alec is but used two sources that were similar. dilby May 2014 #22

you should do yourself a favor and look up alec, the American Legislative Exchange Council. leftyohiolib May 2014 #23

Karma's a comedian. GeorgeGist May 2014 #4

Karma karma karma karma karma comedian. Orrex May 2014 #11

60 fucking million for a HIGH SCHOOL stadium???? Cooley Hurd May 2014 #5

Tell me how this private sector "works" again? mikeysnot May 2014 #6

They did a bond issue jmowreader May 2014 #21

Have you seen this stadium? Xithras May 2014 #13

The biggest one serves 8 schools n2doc May 2014 #15

They also fund PE and Band - TBF May 2014 #17

Football derailed by shrinkage ... hatrack May 2014 #20