No. I have yet to receive any stadium polling calls, but the lateness of the
legislative hour has stadium proponents moving into fifth gear. Here are my
stadium comments:
"Public contributions that will not raise your taxes," forgiven sales taxes,
no-interest loans, and infrastructure improvements surrounding a stadium,
while not raising taxes per se, all deplete the state's or a city's general
fund. I am firmly convinced that the only way there will be a new stadium
for the Twins or Vikings/Gophers is through some sort of casino revenue.
Either a sharing arrangement with the tribes or I would not put it past the
proponents to go for an outright placement of a privately-run casino (with
the state taking a share of its revenue for sports projects) in downtown
Minneapolis, downtown St. Paul or the Mall of America.
Bill Dooley
Ward 13
Kenny
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