This is going to be good for us. The team threatened to move, and Arlington taxpayers voted in a half-cent increase in the sales tax. The new, subsidized stadium turned out to be a great deal for Bush. He was the most visible partner, and the publicity helped launch him into the governorship in 1994. Jim Runzheimer is one Arlington resident who opposed the deal.
Fans love the stadium.
And the team has flourished financially. Looking at it as a public official, we think it's lousy policy to use government money to subsidize billionaires in the pursuit of their business interests. So Bush the businessman did prosper. Here are their quarterly reports to the Federal Election Commission. Inc. All Rights Reserved.