Beth van Duyne opposed Jerry's taxpayer subsidies (back when they were popular)

"Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight."
Proverbs 11:1

Some national group is attacking Beth van Duyne in CD-24:

[Note: For purposes of this blog post, the first five seconds are the relevant clip.]



What an utterly, totally, and completely bizarre line of attack.

Obviously, Jerry's taxpayer subsidies have been a bugaboo of this website for awhile. We weren't expecting them to come up in this context. But...well...we can go with it.

Taxpayer subsidies for professional sports franchises have always been a ripoff.  This has been well documented since at least the 1990's.   The website "Field of Schemes" has more.

So...Beth van Duyne opposed Jerry's subsidies back when they were "just" an issue of fiscal policy.

Good for her.

But what makes going after Beth van Duyne over this subject truly strange is the timing.

It's not exactly a secret that the NFL has taken a popularity hit recently.  It's also not really a secret why.   Furthermore, the NFL's current unpopularity has a longer history in Texas.   Thus, to attack Beth van Duyne over this subject at this time is...tone deaf at best.

But you do you "House Majority PAC."

If we were advising Beth van Duyne, we would advise her to embrace this attack.

Something like this:

Hi, I'm Beth van Dunye, candidate for Congress in district 24.  Before I was a congressional candidate, I served two terms as the Mayor of Irving.   As mayor, I opposed taxpayer handouts to Jerry Jones [cut to picture at the top of this blog post].   Back then, I thought that public subsidies for misogynistic billionaires was 'just' a matter of prudent fiscal policy.   I had no idea the NFL would become the anti-American cesspool is is today [cut to picture of Jerry kneeling]. But, unfortunately, the last five years happened. What was a good decision then looks even better in hindsight. Doing what's right, even when it's unpopular in the short term, will always pay dividends over time.

Finally, to introduce this subject the day after a Cowboys loss is just...**CHEF'S KISS**.

Bottom Line: We wouldn't have expected this to become a campaign issue at this time. But, apparently, it is. Beth van Duyne should run with it.

It's time for Texans to have a conversation about Jerry's Taxpayer Subsidies

"Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight."
Proverbs 11:1

Soooo...the Cowboys just wasted another season.

We don't really care.  We're not a fan.  Mostly because of Jerry.

But we've been thinking about something for two years, and it's time to say it out loud: Nobody gets more taxpayer subsidies than Jerry Jones...and look at the results it produces.

We first had this thought in 2017.  That fall, for those for those blessed enough to have forgotten, the Texas house held a preposterous sideshow allegedly to promote economic competitiveness.  Those hearings were the genesis of this thought.

At the first hearing, Frisco mayor Jeff Cheney claimed specious "economic development" benefits from hosting the Cowboys practice facility.  We addressed those claims here.  But Cheney's testimony that day planted a thought we haven't been able to shake.

Isn't one of the arguments against "economic development" subsides that they reward mediocrity?!?

Cuz' the Dallas Cowboys are pretty mediocre.

And they've been mediocre for two decades.

But Jerry don't care.  Because Jerry don't have to care.  Because your tax dollars ensure Jerry gets paid, no matter how many games the Cowboys lose.

Off the top of our head, Jerry gets or has gotten:

• $300 million for a stadium (in 2009 dollars) courtesy of Arlington taxpayers.

• $260 million (+) from Frisco taxpayers for the afore mentioned practice facility.

• Various payments from various state of Texas slush funds.

Yet the Cowboys haven't seen a Super Bowl in a quarter century.

Cuz Jerry don't need to win Super Bowls to do just fine.

Thanks to your tax dollars.

Bottom Line: If Jerry Jones wants to be a drunk womanizer, he can do so on his own dime, but the state of Texas should stop paying the Dallas Cowboys to lose football games.