You are right David, we knew that the "subsidies to benefit it" would be a high cost.. We knew that the Sonics could not stand on their own and that it would require tax dollars to make it happen.

We even had a vote on it.

Why would we vote to subsidize the Sonics and have a problem with subsidizing the sonics? You're acting like we were tricked or something. We were not handed a poll saying, "Do you like the NBA?" We were asked, "Would you be willing to use tax money for the NBA?" We answered, "Yes please!"

Seattle also voted in 2006 on this issue, and they voted not to subsidize the Sonics.

I'm done with this.