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Know Your Enemy: The Failed Kansas City Stadium Moneygrab

Billionaires won’t ever go to the poorhouse, but every humiliation they suffer makes us all richer in spirit

[Note: this year’s “Know Your Enemy” will take a few different paths. We’re not always going to examine the pitching matchups, unless notable. However, we’ll be sure to look at notable scoundrels, oddities, histories, and other aspects that make our enemies interesting.]

On Tuesday in Jackson County, Mo., something happened. Voters were asked to weigh in a referendum, which, in the language of a ballot, would allow for:

Renewing the 0.375% sales tax to provide funding for park improvements to Arrowhead Stadium as well as a new baseball stadium, and refinancing debt obligations previously incurred to finance or refinance improvements to the Harry S Truman Sports Complex.