09-17-2024, 07:37 PM
(09-17-2024, 07:14 PM)RegularGuy22 Wrote: Get ready taxpayers. I remember 25 years ago when all the media mouthpieces were raging about how the City of Cincinnati would literally slide off into the Ohio River if the two new stadiums weren't approved. Remember the sales tax increase?
It's interesting because the measure was going to go down to defeat, according to what they were reporting at the time on WLW. The polling was not looking good. Then the Browns made their move to Baltimore official in early '96, just right before the vote in March. That seemed to change some minds.
The Bengals today owe their very existence to the Browns - twice. If they didn't fire Paul in the '60s he would have never founded the team to begin with. Then, if they didn't move to Maryland in the '90s the tax increase probably would have failed and Mike might just have picked up and went elsewhere.
