San Diego appears to be the next ‘public funding for stadiums’ victim as Mayor Jerry Sanders promised to use taxpayer monies to build a new  Chargers stadium at the expense of a nagging concern in SoCal: water.  There’s not enough of it, and the situation is getting worse.

Leave it to this politician to throw the region’s priorities out of whack. While a brand new, shiny stadium would be fantastic for high-income fans, it is the rule rather than the exception that ticket prices will climb along with parking costs and concessions in the new stadium. And it’s no stretch to claim that new stadiums consistently provide a bad ROI.

It is important to note that many politicians are fighting the good fight across America, but Mayor Sanders has earned the SFC stamp of disapproval with his vows to misuse San Diego residents’ hard-earned cash for a new stadium over the most simple and necessary element to our lives.

Follow this story on our San Diego page, JOIN the Coalition, and if you live in one of the most beautiful towns in the country but still get pissed off about this stuff, start the San Diego chapter of SFC today. We need to stand up and let our representatives know where we stand on the issues to make a difference.