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No Naming Rights for the G-Braves

AJC: The take-no-prisoners economy is threatening to take down yet another target: the naming rights deal for Gwinnett County’s new baseball stadium. “The expectation of doing a naming rights deal...

An Economics Lesson for Commissioner Nasuti

The AJC runs a piece this morning that looks at the role of stadium construction on economic development. Dennis Coates explains the findings from the economics literature. But economists almost...

Guess Who I Ran into Last Night

I went to the Braves-Phillies game at Turner Field last night. As with all games at the Ted, it was a fun affair. It turns out that it was Gwinnett Braves night, and my seats were right around the...

A Lesson in Opportunity Cost: This Is Too Easy

Per AJC. “We need to demonstrate to our citizens that we are doing everything we possibly can,” County Administrator Jock Connell said Wednesday after announcing the initiative. The groups will seek...

A Tale of Two Counties

This editorial in the Rome News-Tribune is too good not to post the whole thing. I can’t find anything to cut. Please visit the paper’s website to patronize its advertisers. The paper ...

The Best Statement I Read Today

“When it comes to professional sports, we become socialists. With everybody else, we’re capitalists.” That’s New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky commenting on public subsidies to the new...

Gwinnett’s $15 Million Myth

A few weeks ago, there was a rumor circulating that a carcass of a Bigfoot creature had been discovered in north Georgia. The only problem was that no one had been allowed to see more than pictures...

Gwinnett DA Calls Stadium Spending Irresponsible

Per Patrick Fox for AJC: Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter called it irresponsible when Gwinnett County commissioners voted to fund $19 million in cost overruns and upgrades for the new...

A Simple Way to Frame the Gwinnett Stadium Tax Burden

If you are a Gwinnett taxpayer, how much will the stadium cost your family? Here is the simple answer: $110 this year plus $3 per year for the next 30 years, for a grand total of $200 per...

Kudos to Gwinnett Daily Post

I’ve been critical of Gwinnett Daily Post’s coverage of the Braves stadium, because it has been slanted towards the pro-stadium position. I was happy to see the editors criticize the...