As a businessperson, I helped start a charter school in our city that is
still running today. And there were other business partners including
McDonalds. None of those businesses slotted spots for our employees; we
were interested in the common good.
As for demand, with such a huge demand for more community schools in our
neighborhoods (isn't it about 30% open areas without guaranteed community
schools) you would think we'd be more focused on meeting that demand than
the demand of a downtown corporation using it's money to buy school slots
for its employees and then hanging the school out to dry because of an
internal business decision. Now our Superintendent, who just doesn't have
enough to do already ;-) , has to find ways to rescue this school and
convince Target to do the right thing. Bah humbug! I say it would be better
for them to pay living wages and provide full medical benefits to all their
employees.
And in response to one poster, I do not hate Target and TIF. I shop at
Target and I believe TIF when used appropriately can be a wonderful vehicle
for our community. But there is nothing wrong with wanting to create a
higher standard and hold both our elected officials and our corporate
citizens accountable to those standards including the use of our tax
dollars.
Happy Holidays everyone.
Russ Peterson
Ward 9
Standish
R U S S E L L P E T E R S O N D E S I G N
"You can only fly if you stretch your wings."
Russell W. Peterson, RA, CID
Founder
3857 23rd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-724-2331
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