Texas School District Blocks NBA Team's Arena Deal
Bruce C. Bennett loves the San Antonio Spurs, his local professional-basketball team. He's also fond of children. He has two of his own, and is the president of their school board.
But when the 48,000-student North East school district in San Antonio was lobbied last fall to back a taxpayer-financed, $156 million arena for the Spurs, his priorities were clear. He denounced the arena as a bad deal for the schools, and championed the board's 5-2 vote on Dec. 14 that effectively killed the plan.
"If you have to choose between the National Basketball Association and children, it's no choice," he said in a recent...
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