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Court to hear challenge to Braves stadium financing

Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note:  Another side kick in the ribs for the Atlanta Braves as they try to continue construction of their new entertainment facility in Cobb County.  Now three of Cobb County’s residents opposed the authorization of the bonds.  They are arguing that the bonds required taxpayer approval. 

The new stadium, which is to be built near the interchange of interstates 285 and 75 is to be a public-private partnership with an estimated cost of $622 million. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners in May approved the issuance of up to $397 million in bonds by the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority to fund the public share of building the new stadium.

The three residents argue that the judge’s ruling validating the bonds was incorrect. Included in their arguments are claims that the agreement between the county and the authority is not a valid intergovernmental agreement, that the project improperly uses public tax revenue for a private facility and that the bonds can’t be approved without a referendum.

“The power of local government bodies to bind their constituents to long-term debt without ‘the assent of a majority of qualified voters’ for a non-public project like this professional baseball stadium is at the heart of this case,” Hobgood and another attorney wrote in a brief. “There are not only statutory prohibitions against ‘any county, municipality, or political subdivision’ incurring debt, bonded or not, without an election, but also a constitutional one.”

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Watch ‘In Whose Honor?’ Documentary Film

Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note:  Nearly 20 years after this film was first aired on PBS, it is now being screened in classrooms today and used by activists to bring attention to this issue.  Atlanta’s nickname, the “Braves” has been grouped in the side as other offensive team names in professional and collegiate level sports.  This argument will continue to go on for years so get used to hearing about this topic. 

Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves — Indian mascots and nicknames have historically been first draft picks in American sports. But for Charlene Teters, a Spokane Indian, transplanting cultural rituals onto the field is a symbol of disrespect.

In this groundbreaking 1997 POV documentary, filmmaker Jay Rosenstein follows Teters’s evolution from mother and student into a leading voice against the merchandising of Native American symbols — and shows the lengths fans will go to preserve their mascots.

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