Irving, TX, residents voted by "landslide margins" Saturday
to stay with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System. Cowboys Owner
Jerry Jones had hoped one major consequence of the city pulling
out would be to free up sales tax revenues in Irving for use in
rebuilding Texas Stadium (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 8/12)....In Orlando,
Dan examines how Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan's plan to repeal
tax-exempt status of bonds cities sell to raise money for stadium
construction would affect a possible Bucs move to Osceola County
and future MLB expansion in Orlando (ORLANDO SENTINEL,
8/12)....Backers of a petition drive to repeal Maricopa County,
AZ's 1/4-cent sales tax that helps finance Bank One Ballpark have
failed to collect enough signatures to get the measure on the
November ballot (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 8/11)....Opponents of a new
Redskins stadium in Price George's County, MD, were back in court
arguing that the County Council acted outside laws when they
voted in favor of the stadium. A decision is not expected for up
to two weeks (WASHINGTON TIMES, 8/10).
