ON THE PAWSOX’S DEPARTURE??
CRANSTON, RI – In response to news reports that the Pawtucket Red Sox has decided to move to Worcester, Steven Frias, a candidate for Representative District 15, issued the following statement:
“The current PawSox owners made the mistake of paying too much to buy the team back in 2015. Ever since they have been demanding a new taxpayer-funded stadium. However, numerous studies have repeatedly shown that taxpayer subsidies for sports teams do not make economic sense.
I am proud to have been a voice for most Rhode Islanders who did not want taxpayer money used to build a new stadium for the PawSox owners.
Instead of giving the voters the final say through a bond referendum as to whether they want to pay for a new PawSox stadium, Speaker Mattiello tried to fool people on both sides of the PawSox debate with his last-minute, junk bond stadium plan.
Because Mattiello’s deal would have cost the taxpayers and the owners even more money, it ended up pleasing no one.”