From the link:
The survey does show the vast majority, between 68 and 73 per cent of respondents, are OK with the city providing either land, cash, a loan or some other sort of financial arrangement for the new facility.
The one caveat: it cannot increase taxes. Once tax increases are mentioned, support for the arrangement craters to 24 per cent.
Support is only lukewarm for providing an interest-free loan (41 per cent) and the city providing a significant financial contribution based on the economic benefit of a new arena (44 per cent).
The 44% figure is higher than I would have predicted. I wonder if CRL was even mentioned in the survey.
On the taxes - I suspect if you put "tax increases" in the abstract on any survey question about any topic, you will get a huge drop in support. But what if the average tax increase was actually calculated and inserted? I bet a lot of "no taxes" people would probably be OK with a tiny increase. What if their taxes go up $20? Is that the hill to die on?
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