> Bill Cullen said: > > "We don't get either program in the burbs. I pay for my spring cleaning > annually." > > My reply: > > Here we have what is the essence of the problem with Minnesota politics > right now. ( CM) I call it differences of opinion settled on election day. It's the attitude "If we don't need it in the burbs, then nobody > needs it." (CM) I would say the same but converse thinking has ruled the city for two decades. I call it the Imperial Paris method thinking of your typical Minneapolitan. "You must support our great things-programs inside of our mother city boarders. You suburbanites have no desire, brainpower, or cultural need to have these things in your ugly conformist bedroom communities. Snif-Snif"". Until we get back to some kind of acceptance that we've got > different needs (and living in the burbs doesn't make you a rugged > individualist) and that we've all got to stick together to support those > needs, (CM) Translation, suburbanites pay higher taxes to support your entertainment, cultural pursuits,NRP's etc. then our society is just going to get more and more sick. (CM) Self inflicted? When that > time comes, as it surely must with politics divided the way it is, then > living in the central cities or the burbs will both be harrowing > experiences. (CM) I'll bet you your wrong. The suburbanites will pay taxes to support their basic needs. They already do and then pay some of Mpls's basic needs. Why can't the city of Mpls behave like the oldest child in this big Minnesota family and take a LEAD roll in starting a new renisaince of municipal governance and life. Show the rest of the state how a vibrant, bustling, pounding city can pay for itself and kick the junk habit of moaning in withdrawal pain of not having someone elses money to spend? Leadership is not crying about how the rest of your family won't help you in your addiction of someone elses money. Craig Miller Rogers, MN Former Citizen and Future Citizen of the Minneapple > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
