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Tim Carpenter: “There was a provision in [the 1995 Brewers bill] to sunset…”

Featuring: Tim Carpenter, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 3

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Capital City Sunday: Tim Carpenter discusses voting no on the Brewers funding bill.

Published | Video Starts at 02:46

My background is I was in the legislature. I'm the only one still left that voted for the brewers bill in 1990. 5. So I was around for the negotiations and the discussion. There was a provision in [the 1995 Brewers bill] to sunset the Miller Park tax in 2014. However, it was six years late. I was at the meeting when the sunset at the 5 county sales tax March of 2020, and at that particular point in time, we were told there were sufficient funds to maintain the ballpark all the way through 2040. (02:46–02:55)

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Asserts that the Miller Park tax was supposed to end in 2014 but ended six years late.

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