LET VOTERS DECIDE ON PUBLIC FUNDING FOR FLORIDA MARLINS STADIUM REPRESENTATIVE STEINBERG OFFERS PLAN FOR MIAMI-DADE VOTERS

TALLAHASSEE, FL --- State Representative Richard L. Steinberg (D-Miami Beach) is offering a legislative proposal to give Miami-Dade County voters the right to approve whether public funds are spent on a Florida Marlins stadium.



“The voters in Miami-Dade County should be given the right to decide whether to commit over a billion dollars of public money for a baseball stadium,” said Representative Steinberg. “If the local elected officials will not allow the people to vote, the Florida Legislature should require them to hold a referendum.”



Representative Steinberg filed an amendment to House Bill 253, a measure concerning public funding of professional sports team.



The bill, as originally filed, limits a voter referendum only to obligations “created before July 1, 2009.” The amendment offered by Representative Steinberg would give voters the right to vote on any obligation created after today, including the proposed stadium for the Florida Marlins.



Representative Steinberg serves on the House Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Committee, and three other House committees.