At 10:01 PM 11/28/01 -0600, List Manager wrote: >http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/861611.html Rybak has been a staunch opponent of investing city money in a stadium, though he has said he is not opposed to financial backing from other governments. Ostrow said he would regard $10 million in city backing -- the maximum approved by voters for a stadium -- as "appropriate."
Asked whether he might oppose that, Rybak said he was more interested in hearing the citizen group's reaction to the proposals. "It's really important to put aside a lot of the old lines," he said. ================================== EY: The referendum was not approving money for a Stadium. It was capping the ammount of city money that could be used on a Stadium. It was also a pretty clear message that voters in the city didn't want public money to be used for a stadium. Rybak's statement that he would be ok with backing from other governments is rather interesting. He attacked Sharon Sayles Belton on the Stadium Issue. Now that he is mayor, he seems to be doing an about face on this issue. Gary Bowman writes: What is most frustrating is that we're all doing just what Bud Selig would like to see us do: panic. Once panic has set in, logic and thoughtful discussion goes out the window. Then my streets aren't plowed and maintained because my tax dollars are going to less needed things. EY: What bothers me is that coverage of the Twins contraction is sucking the life out of most other stories in the press. I really wonder if Rybak thinks the taxpayers of Minneapolis are too stupid to see that other government spending on the stadium also comes out of our pockets. Also, there's going to be less interest at the state level to vote for public funding for a stadium if the city -- and the taxpayers in the city don't pony up. Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
