Gov. Bill Lee and his GOP legislative supermajority have made their priorities clear: Hundreds of millions for stadiums and Super Bowls, zero for kids.
Nashville will host the Super Bowl in 2030, an event that promises to bring far smaller economic returns than the NFL or Lee suggests, based on results from cities that have actually held the Super Bowl.
Still, the state put up $500 million just to build a domed stadium for billionaires who couldn’t afford to spend their own money, while kids in DCS custody sleep on office floors because the state lacks adequate facilities to house them.
Oh, and Tennessee is also now last in the nation – 51st – in funding for schools, needing nearly $2 billion to even reach the same level as Mississippi.
