Open Record: Here's the Pitch
Open Record: Here's the Pitch
There's a long and expensive list of repairs needed at American Family Field. This week, the state's Republican Legislature laid out their funding plan for the Brewers. Will the $600M public financing plan to fix the field also ensure the team plays baseball in Milwaukee for another quarter of a century? In this episode of Open Record, FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn invites FOX6 political reporter Jason Calvi on to talk about this big pitch.
MILWAUKEE - There's a long and expensive list of repairs needed at American Family Field. This week, the state's Republican Legislature laid out their funding plan for the Brewers. Will the $600M public financing plan to fix the field also ensure the team plays baseball in Milwaukee for another quarter of a century? In this episode of Open Record, FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn invites FOX6 political reporter Jason Calvi on to talk about this big pitch. Jason explains what's in the proposal, what it means for taxpayers, and how we got here in the first place.
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