A free-spending owner? That's rich

Seattle's economy has produced an incredible amount of wealth so why can't we get one of these dorks to treat one of our sports franchises like a sports car, souping it up to show off?

I do not — as a general rule — believe that we should have billionaires.

Saying this out loud reveals my pinko socialist political leanings so I feel the need to emphasize that I don’t expect everyone — or in fact anyone — to share this sentiment.

Furthermore, I accept that we live in a country that allows and in some ways encourages people to accumulate vast fortunes, and I hold no ill will to those who have done so. They’re just playing the game by the rules that are laid out.

Having said all that, why — in a region that has generated as much wealth as the Pacific Northwest has — can’t we find some rich dudes who’ll treat a sports franchise like a sports car that is souped up with the express purpose of showing off to their friends? Instead, we’ve got a baseball franchise that led the league in profit and a coffee baron who sold off our pro-basketball franchise whining to Congress about the way his wealth is characterized.