Bridgeport, Bass Pro and the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution - Wait, What?

Bridgeport, Bass Pro and the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution - Wait, What?:

Bridgeport, Bass Pro and the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution

by jonpelto

Now it’s true that Bass Pro sells guns, so I’d expect the 2nd Amendment to come up in the discussion about Bass Pro coming to Connecticut, but Freedom of the Press and the 1st Amendment? (really?)

For those eager to see how “politics” really works, let’s return to last week’s Wait, What? post about how Bass Pro and Carbela’s have been extraordinarily successful in getting taxpayers to fund their construction projects.

Recall that a watch-dog foundation, The Franklin Center, found that Bass Pro shops and Cabela’s “received or are promised more than $2.2 billion from American taxpayers” over the past 15 years.

Six years ago, Governor Rell and the City of East Hartford spent nearly $30 million to get Carbala’s to build a 200,000 square foot store in East Hartford.  Jobs, increased tax