I am sorry to hear that Ms. Carlson didn't care for my cute reference
to the De La Salle letter jackets. I was sitting in their midst and
found them to be polite and concerned for their school. My concern has
nothing to do with whether the students at De La Salle need a football
stadium or if the neighboring community is not playing fair or nice.
My concerns are about public dollars and how they are spent. Barry
Clegg pointed out all of the hoops the MPRB will have to go through in
order for the land to go to DeLaSalle. Last year there was a
presentation by the Rice-Michaels law firm that showed they had earned
about $70,000 in lobbying fees and another $330,000 in legal fees for
around $400,000. http://www.mplsparkwatch.org/node/view/156 meanwhile
last year the MPRB attempted to cut the summer park supervisors out of
many local parks most in North, Northeast and Near South Minneapolis.
A citizen protest kept them funded, but the JUMP IN mailer that lets
the people know what services their local parks have to offer was cut.
What services would you like to tell the citizens of Minneapolis you
are willing to sacrifice so that the attorneys fees for this De La
Salle debacle can be paid. I think the handwriting is on the wall that
there will be a lawsuit if De La Salle gets it's 6 votes and I am not
willing for the kids in any neighborhood to give up their wading pool,
summer park supervisors, or anything else for private school students
to have a practice field. In fact I'm sure that even Tony Scallon
(a majority five supporter ) would be happy to agree that the MPRB
should be working with the public Charter schools before jumping into
any deals with private schools. I hope everyone considers just how
much this FREE deal is going to cost in terms of cut services and
programs. They might be closer to home than you would like.
Liz Wielinski
Columbia Park
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