I was thinking a little more about the Target store deal and R.T.'s
involvement. The Star Tribune story stated that, "For more than a decade,
mayoral candidate Rybak was an advocate of bringing a
subsidized Target to downtown, at one point working as a consultant to the
company. He said he turned into an opponent as he saw the public costs rise
and because he believes the city strayed from making Target part of a larger
retail revival on the mall." I was wondering, what were the dates of R.T.'s
employment as a consultant to the Target Corporation?
Is R.T willing to publicly disclose his contract with Target? What exactly
was R.T. responsible for? Why did R.T. end his employment with Target?
At what level of subsidy did R.T. become an opponent of the project? What
level of subsidy did R.T. think was okay?
Did R.T. become an opponent of the Target project while still an employee of
the Target? In the
story it states that one of the reasons R.T. became an opponent of the
project was that the deal didn't conform to his concept of a larger revival
of retail on Nicollet Mall. Was R.T. so principled in his beliefs regarding
retail that he stopped taking money from Target?
It seems very odd that we have a candidate for mayor who criticizes the way
business has been done while having profited from the situation.
One other question- on R.T.s website 'A Better Downtown for Millions Less'
it notes that the City of Minneapolis paid $127 million for the Target
store.
Is the Star Tribune incorrect at $62 million? Does R.T. have inside
knowledge about this deal and was the subsidy truly higher?
Terrell
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Minneapolis, MN 55403-2315
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