[throwaway60453]

Excuse me, local resident here.

Santa Clara City residents approved $400 million in financing.

City Council went ahead with a promise for ... $1.3 billion so far. So most of it was not voted on at all.

[bringles]

But how were the council members appointed? Resident approval must be involved somehow. If this city council is doing a bad job (seems like it), push for a new council. If the tide is too strong against, you have to challenge ideas.

A lot of folks seem to believe there's a legal apparatus we need to invent that can solve this, when it's perfectly sufficient to just get traction for a critical stance on concussionball (gasp!)

[tamana]

When you fire a council, you don't get the money back.

[jessaustin]

And they get to keep all but the most egregious bribes...

[throwaway60453]

> push for a new council

Kinda late, since the stadium is already built.

[ec109685]

Hasn't most of that been paid back already due to personal seat licenses?