Legislature wraps up work after session focused on housing creation, drug policy, campaign finance limits
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On Thursday, key budget bills to deliver substantial increases in some programs and a host of lawmakers’ pet community projects gained approval in both the House and Senate.
    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      A lot of university presidents get pretty close to that too, but many states (like Oregon) define universities differently and they’re not “true” public employees anymore.

    • SpeedLimit55@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Most public employees do not generate revenue because they provide a service but some college sports generate revenue. That revenue comes from ticket sales, contributions, and media rights for sports like football, basketball, baseball. Those highly paid coaches are paid from that revenue which also tends to fund many other smaller sports.

      • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Yeah, I understand in principle why people object, but if you actually look at the finances, it’s generally not taxpayers footing the bill.

    • bloup@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      9 months ago

      If you read the article you link, it makes it pretty clear that the baseball team was highly involved in the project including lobbying the government for it and are obviously the main beneficiaries of it, so while it is true that “the funding is for a city owned stadium” attaching “not the team” to the end is dishonest, in my opinion.