James E Jacobsen wrote: > I think there is a lot of con work to get extra money > going on with this because I know they could just > work it all out and there wouldn't be significant problem.
Mr. Jacobsen's post seems to be saying: "Trust us with $400-500 million of your money and we'll have a baseball team that we can all be not proud of." This kind of argument, coupled with the "we've always done this before" plea, just doesn't fly. Spending $400 million on any project will generate a lot of jobs. The question is whether the $400 million could be better invested elsewhere and potentially generate permanent, high-wage jobs. Again, I don't have any objection to building a stadium as long as anyone who doesn't want to fund it can easily avoid paying. The St. Paul proposal pushed in the Soucheray column doesn't measure up. BTW, I completely agree with Ms. Harley's characterization of the column: yawn. Wasn't Soucheray a sports reporter at one time? I don't see him as an independent voice. If St. Paul wants to add a 3% tax on all food and beverages citywide, it will be a boon to Minneapolis restaurants and a boondoggle for St. Paul residents, particularly when the construction overruns and operational shortfalls kick in. Walt Cygan Keewaydin _______________________________________ 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
