Kansas Citians recently voted against renewing a sales tax that would be used to renovate the Kansas City Chiefs stadium (Arrowhead) and to build a brand new stadium for the Kansas City Royals in the downtown area. The halfbaked plans for a downtown stadium left a bad taste in voters' mouths. Meanwhile, executives for both teams threatened to leave if they didn't get taxpayer money, causing a standoff between two billionaires and local taxpayers. Meredith, Ty and Jay dive into the final vote and what it means for sports teams looking for corporate welfare.

 

0:00 - Intro (Tattoos are expensive, Jay's dog is dying, Ty's dog won't STFU)

21:36 - Sounds of the Week:

• Conservatives losing their shit on Easter Sunday
• DEI and the Baltimore bridge collapse

48:07 - Sports teams and corporate welfare

 

Songs:

"Eat the Rich" by Aerosmith

"Limo Wreck" by Soundgarden

"Five To One" by The Doors

 

Notes:

• The Blood Type Diet: An Evidence-Based Review (mentioned by Meredith during Sounds of the Week)
  • Diet not working? Maybe its not your type
  • Theory behind popular blood-type diet debunked
• Definition of "gaslighting" (mentioned during first Sounds of the Week entry)
• Date of Easter explained (mentioned during first Sounds of the Week entry)
• Elected officials tweeting about DEI and Baltimore bridge collapse here and here (mentioned during second Sounds of the Week entry)
• Missouri attorney general is accused of racial bias for pinning a student fight on diversity program (mentioned during second Sounds of the Week entry)
• Marjorie Taylor Greene's tweet about earthquakes, solar eclipses and signs from God (mentioned during second Sounds of the Week entry)
• 'No more Jackson County for sure': Wife of Royals owner reacts to election results
• Kansas City fans claim power back by rejecting Chiefs and Royals stadium tax
• KC Tenants leader says 'regressive' tax ask from billionaire owners motivated opposition
• Royals change stadium plan to keep Oak Street open to traffic, but fate of businesses is uncertain