In an already bizarre day, I just received a call from the Minnesota
Vikings...I thought it was a polling call (and might be that), asking if I
supported a new Minneapolis stadium.
Instead, they went a different way. The caller did her little spiel,
informing me that the Vikings and NFL will put in $150 million, while not
mentioning the public contribution ($350 million currently) except to say
that it "wouldn't raise your taxes."
Then the punch line: she asked if I would I be willing to write/call my
legislators to support a new football stadium? She specifically named my
District 60 legislators: Rep. Scott Dibble and Sen. Myron Orfield. I told
her I would resist doing so with every fiber of my being, and she politely
hung up.
I'm still wondering how I got on their list, since I've never been a Vikes
season ticket-holder or team mailing list in any way. I'm only speculating,
but could they have gotten a roster of DFL delegates, a list I am on and one
legislators might listen to?
I'm wondering if anyone else on the list has been called, or has knowledge
of how the Vikes are calling.
Also, have the Minneapolis legislators on this list gotten a lot of
pro-stadium calls or letters? (I'm skeptical they have.)
I also found Gov. Ventura's comments that the new stadium location is
ill-served by mass transit to be pretty interesting - I think he meant it is
not on light-rail lines, though the U does have a nexus of bus lines,
doesn't it? And was it really that big a nightmare when 55,000 were
traveling to games at nearby Memorial Stadium when it was still standing?
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10
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