https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/california-forever-silicon-valley-city-ballot-withdrawn

The move to withdraw the measure comes a week after a report by Solano county stated that the proposed city would likely cost the county billions of dollars, create substantial financial deficits, reduce agricultural production, harm climate resilience and potentially threaten local water supplies.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    4 months ago

    the proposed city would likely cost the county billions of dollars...

    Libertarians haven't learned something fundamental from Civic Grifting 101. If you want to scam a city into spending billions of dollars for you - don't offer them a utopia. Offer them a sports stadium.

    • MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      All pro sports teams should be nationalized and then given the ownership structure of the Packers

      Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk