I read some of these comments, and I can't believe how dumb some of them are. Columbus voters previously rejected public funding for this private enterprise. So they originally built the arena, purportedly entirely with private funds, albeit they ripped off the taxpayers by getting public funds for the infrastructure surrounding the arena. They said they would never ask for additional public funding.

Well, guess what. They lied. And lied. And lied. And it didn't even take them eight lousy years to fulfill the lie.

Screw them. I live in Columbus. If they think they're going to blackmail Franklin County and/or extort Franklin County and Columbus for more money, then f*ck them. They can file bankruptcy, sell the team and take the damn franchise up to Canada. They ain't getting a vote from me, and they'll be hard-pressed to get this con past the other voters. This is just more of the same. It happens in every city where there is a professional sports franchise.

Cleveland and Cuyahoga County is full of suckers, and that's why they always get away with it in Cleveland. The Gunds, the Gilberts, the Dolans, the Lerners, all of the scoundrels in cahoots with the scoundrel politicians. Columbus is full of suckers and scoundrels, too, but for a bad hockey team without any tradition? Not a chance. Ohio State University is all that matters to these people down here, and another vote isn't going to change this simple fact.