Detroit is in serious financial trouble and they do crap like this - from Michigan Public Radio:
Detroit City Council approves $34.5 million in bonds for Detroit Pistons to move into new arena
The Detroit Pistons are one step closer to playing downtown again.
Despite backlash from some residents, Detroit city council has approved $34.5 million in bonds so the Pistons can move into the Little Caesars Arena downtown.
Some Detroiters are unhappy with the deal because the bonds are taxpayer funded with money originally intended for schools and parks.
Emphasis mine - a perfect example of Bread and Circuses - from the Infogalactic link:
In the case of politics, the phrase is used to describe the generation of public approval, not through exemplary or excellent public service or public policy, but through diversion; distraction; or the mere satisfaction of the immediate, shallow requirements of a populace.
No word on what the school system or the parks department is saying.
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