I believe the Shubert move was approximately $4 million with the promise
from Artspace to earn the money to rehabilitate it.
JHarmon
Cleveland
>From: "Terrell Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "mpls-issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Mpls] Mayor endorsemtment or lack of .....
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 06:43:59 -0500
>
>So the Mayor of Minneapolis couldn�t get her party to support her bid for
>reelection and it sounds like she is in denial. She just can�t figure out
>why.
>
>Her public explanation is that the �left wing� of the DFL is upset with the
>money she gave to Target Corporation to build a downtown store. I think
>its
>much more than the �left wing� of the DFL that doesn�t approve of the
>Target
>subsidy, a subsidy that has increased substantially from the amount of her
>original proposal. Can you say �doubled�?
>
>Even if you thought that the Target project was a good use of City of
>Minneapolis money, it doesn�t seem unreasonable to expect a realistic
>projection of how much it will cost. Maybe just a little bit of candidness
>on what this stuff costs, not this �oh, by the way, we�re going to need to
>spend just a little bit more�
>
>It�s like LRT. I heard an interesting tidbit on MPR this morning about
>LRT.
>The Met Council project manager for the LRT project was recently the
>project
>manager for the new Safeco Field, the new baseball park in Seattle. How
>many hundred million did that thing go over budget? I don�t like the trend
>here. (and I like the concept of LRT
>
>We know from our Metrodome experience that it is possible to build a public
>project on time and on budget. MNDOT seems to be able to do come in on
>time, on budget with their projects. Why can�t Minneapolis and Met Council
>do the same thing?
>
>We moved the Shubert Theatre a couple of years back. It sits boarded up on
>its new location right on Hennepin Avenue. No progress. How much did
>Mayor
>Sayles-Belton have us spend on that one? How much will she have us spend
>on
>Block E? Oh, yes Block E. That�s what we moved the Shubert off of because
>construction was immanent
>.
>
>So why is the Mayor having trouble with her reelection bid? Maybe it�s her
>misplaced priorities. She�s spending her time giving money to Target
>Corporation and Block E developers while she ignores Police Department
>racial profiling and lets restrictions stand that keep boarded up houses
>owned by MCDA from becoming affordable housing. Real issues affecting real
>people. She has good opponents this year, should it be a surprise that her
>campaign is falling apart?
>
>
>
>Terrell
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