YWN666
Freelance Beer Tester
- Nov 11, 2008
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IMO, any group that benefits from taxpayer's money has no right to discriminate.
I agree 100%.
But in this case, I don't see how the Boy Scouts are benefitting from taxpayer money. It doesn't say anywhere that the lease is subsidized or that they're paying below market rates.City Council Renews Boy Scout Lease - San Diego News Story - KGTV San DiegoSAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City Council Tuesday approved a 25-year extension of the Boy Scouts' lease in Balboa Park, with an option for another 15 years. The City Council approved the lease on a 6-3 vote during a City Council meeting that dragged on for more than seven hours. For more than 80 years, the prime location has cost the Boy Scouts next to nothing to lease, 10News reported. Now critics wanted to see that deal brought to an end.Camp Balboa has been home to the Scouts since 1948. In 1957, the organization signed a lease deal with the city costing just $1 a year for 50 years.
I'd say $1.00 a year for 16 plus acres is waaay below market value.
Yeah, they're getting perks from the government that no one else gets. They should have to choose between the government perks and the ability to discriminate. They can't have both.