With the fervent hope that Barbara will not poison my Jucy Lucy today, I must decry her call for any public financing for any professional sports organizations whatsoever. But, we in St. Paul will turn over the fight to Minneapolitans and Hennepin County denizens with pleasure.
The only appropriate public expenditure for a sports facility would be its required infrastructure - and even then the public should be compensated for it by the massive profits pro sports reel in from their operations. Love ya, Barbara, but this pro sports stuff is insane. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul ------ "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli > From: Barbara L. Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:05:36 -0500 > To: "Borger, Judith Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Minneapolis Issues > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Mpls news in the Pioneer Press > > Hooray for this! I hope the Twins don't ink a deal with St. Paul and that > the legislature gets the chance to improve last year's legislation so that a > city (any city) doesn't have to bear the cost of a new ballpark all by its > lonesome self. There is a good explanatory editorial in today's paper > (STrib), I believe, that details the calcuations. It is obvious that a > larger district should pick up the tab, thus making everyone's share more > reasonable, plus the State should kick in some bucks, as a new ballpark > would be a statewide resource. > > With another chance at the legislature, and RT's political naivete > diminished (let's hope he learned a thing or two from Kelly's double-cross), > there is a chance that we could get a much better stadium bill in the next > session and then the stadium could be built in it's rightful place -- > Minneapolis. After all, we have the best location and the biggest fan base. > > I know that a whole bunch of you are against a ballpark no matter what, but > I'm entitled to my own opinion too, no matter how unpopular it is. > > Barbara Nelson > Burnsville > former and future Sewardian _______________________________________ 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
