{"id":5591,"date":"2023-09-13T05:06:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2023-09-13T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T05:13:11","slug":"poll-milwaukee-county-voters-open-to-state-taxes-going-to-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5591","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Milwaukee County Voters Open to State Taxes Going to Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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Voters in Milwaukee County don\u2019t want to pay for American Family Field.<\/p>\n

A new poll released over the weekend shows 65% of voters asked don\u2019t want to use taxpayer dollars to pay for renovations and upkeep at the Brewers\u2019 ballpark.<\/p>\n

That number changed, however, when voters were asked about using state dollars, with 59% of voters saying they\u2019re okay with using state tax dollars to pay for the Brewers\u2019 ballpark.<\/p>\n

Dan Adams, the director of Milwaukee Works which commissioned the poll, said there\u2019s a clear message from voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe voters are saying we don\u2019t want any subsidy, but if we are going to do a subsidy, it should come from the state coffers, not from Milwaukee County only,\u201d Adams said on UPFRONT where the poll was first released.<\/p>\n

According to the poll, 25% of Milwaukee County voters support using local tax dollars to pay for the stadium upgrades, particularly if it means the Brewers will stay in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

The publicly operated Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District technically owns the stadium, and it is the district that is looking for at least $400 million in public money to pay for on-going work at American Family Field.<\/p>\n

The latest plan to find that money is from legislative Republicans who want to use tax money paid by professional baseball players to pay for the work.<\/p>\n

Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, said that plan should be presented to lawmakers in the next \u201cweek or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe speaker will come out with what we believe is a good plan for us, and the negotiations will continue once we have a bill to negotiate on, but there\u2019s been members of both parties and a lot of meetings from both houses talking about this,\u201d August said on UPFRONT.<\/p>\n

The Brewers continue to say they are hopeful that a deal can be worked out. The Brewers\u2019 owner last month said negotiations were \u201cin the sixth inning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the trick will be to get reluctant lawmakers, Milwaukee County leaders, and Gov. Tony Evers onboard according to August.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t spoken to the governor yet,\u201d August said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make sure we\u2019ve gotten some buy-in from both political parties and again our local partners here in the city and county.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of Milwaukee aldermen and Milwaukee County supervisors have vowed not to spend any of their local money on the ballpark.<\/p>\n

Without a deal for American Family Field, there is a chance that the Brewers could eventually leave Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square. <\/a>
\nPhoto \u201cAmerican Family Field\u201d by Mrschimpf<\/a>. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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