Court Opinion

ID: 9541782
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:28:38.037055+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:04:41.962216
License: Public Domain

ROONEY, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion and only add that the criterion for the issuance of the bonds, i.e. that they “[n]ot result in an unfair competitive disadvantage for existing business,” does not require the result to not be a “competitive disadvantage” for existing business. The requirement is an “unfair competitive disadvantage.” (Emphasis added.) The word “unfair” must be considered as other than a useless thing.
*877There is no indication here that existing business could not have the same access to funding through economic development project bonds. Business people are always striving to obtain a competitive advantage over other people. Such should be legally restrained only if it is done unfairly. The record does not reflect unfairness in this instance.