Actually, if you check the history of Minneapolis, very early in its
existence, after Eastman tried to tunnel under the river for more reparian
rights, and St. Anthony Falls began to cave in, the business wigs in
Minneapolis (Pillsbury, Eastman, Upton, Steele, etc.) got the feds to pay
for keeping the falls in place and creating the whole lock and dam
development at federal expense. Tradition! Doncha just loveit?
WizardMarks, Central
Jordan S. Kushner wrote:
> The Star Tribune article that I read about council member Cherryhomes'
> reelction announcement mentioned her sheparding through the council the
> major development projects, specifically mentioning Target [ $66 Million
> taxpayer subsidy for an already extremely profitable for-profit
> corporation to build a for-profit retail store next to its two office
> towers, and in the process, destroy or displace countless small
> businesses and architecturally distinctive buildings]. It would helpful
> if some informed list members can put together a list of large TIF
> subsidies to large developers.
>
> It seems that the issue that can unite Minneapolis residents with
> diverse interests and points-of-view is the out-of-control corporate
> welfare and the city government's blatant sell-out to corporate
> interests by making all of us pay for private downtown development. The
> lack of affordable housing can be in large part tied to the giving away
> of hundreds of millions taxpayer funds to the corporations that appear
> to have bought our Mayor and most city council members.
>
> Jordan Kushner
> Powderhorn
>
> timothy connolly wrote:
>
> > what gives? i thought i could look forward to comments
> > about the city council president's candidacy for a
> > fourth term. shocked, i'm shocked!
> >
> > my favorite part of the strib's story was the line " a
> > big part of her personal decision was the North Side
> > housing development and her work on afffordable
> > housing." happily i had only imbibed juice and coffee
> > and no solid food when i read that.
> >
> > what work on affordable housing was that to which she
> > was referring?
> >
> > was that leading the council in a 7-5 vote against
> > councilman jim niland's affordable housing resolution
> > which came directly out of the work done by and
> > recommendations from the mayor's task force on ah?
> >
> > or was it her leadership in passing a watered down
> > affordable housing resolution that has resulted in
> > only a 3% increase in housing for those most in need,
> > those whose family income is less than 30% of MMI
> > (median metropolitan income) and a 79% increase in
> > housing for those at 80% (MMI)?
> >
> > i would have thought ms cherryhomes would have pointed
> > to her work on making "the block formerly known as
> > block e" a showcase of inner city redevelopment in
> > which we all may take great pride.
> >
> > enough. my nausea has passed. momentarily.
> >
> > tim connolly
> > ward 7
> >
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