Why the "Public" in PFD should really matterJosh Feit over at the Stranger does great work pulling the blanket off the low flying efforts of the Safeco Field Public Facilities District to hire a lobbyist without actually following what seem to be the rules. Its hard enough to make an argument that will fly on why we should spend public money on large sports facilities, but when they don't even follow their own rules. As strange as it continues to sound, Safeco Field is a public building. We built it, we own it, we operate it. I just wish the process of operating it was a lot more public than Feit's article paints it. Here are the most important parts of his article in regards to the transparency the Safeco PFD seemed to miss:
Right now, PFD directors are appointed positions, so they're not really held accountable for their actions. They're not beholden to voters, and since the press (outside of the Stranger) doesn't really look at what they're doing, they're left to act a lot less like a public agency. Last time I wrote about this, I was talking less about specifics, and more about what the Sonics could do to improve their now dead chances of winning support in the legislature. Here are my suggestions from back then for reforming the PFDs in our state:
Any other ideas?
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