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Proposition 48 is a blank check for Paul Allen to make even more money than he already can with the Seattle Seahawks. Don't be misled by the endless commercials. We could build a new soccer facility and retire the Kingdome debt and have a world-class exhibition hall and still have hundreds of millions of dollars left over without involving Paul Allen or football at all. It's about greed.

Even after nine months of writing about this issue--more column inches than ETS! has devoted to any other single issue in its history--there are far more reasons why the Paul Allen proposal for a new, taxpayer-funded football stadium is an abomination than we've had room for. Even the "8 billion 48 reasons" we ran several weeks ago only scratched the surface of how one-sided a ripoff of the state the stadium financing setup is, how badly the democratic process has been bought off, how truly fucked up the very concept is of taxpayers and elected officials springing money for football but denying the funds needed for survival by the poor, by children, by the sick and infirm.

If you're not convinced yet, it can't be done. If you are convinced, be sure to vote, vote often, and vote no on June 17. Tell everyone you know to do the same. Allen's wealth will make this a close election. Turnout will determine the outcome. It's our money at stake; don't let it become Paul Allen's (or Boeing's, or Weyerhaueser's) government. Volunteer to make phone calls, hold signs, get out the vote: call Stop Stadium Madness at 206-528-8457.