> I am astounded that the loss of the Twins ranks so low as to warrant > almost no comment on this list. > Clark Griffith, from the 7th Ward of a former major league community.
I think most feel that the decision has been made and are moving on. Ten or so of us talked a bit about it this morning. One, a member of the legislature, spoke of voting for a prior stadium bill but not doing it again due to the political liability. We kept coming back to a couple of things: - A feeling that people don't want to financially support Carl Pohlad. - A feeling that baseball's financial structure won't allow a competitive league. Primarily because a team in a major media market (LA, NYC, even Chicago) can get up to $200 million a year in TV revenue which they keep for themselves while on in the Twin Cities, Kansas City, St. Louis etc can get only a few million. That creates a guaranteed imbalance. Contrast that with football where everyone is on much more equal financial footing. We also thought that this didn't mean the public/gov't is anti-business with Northwest Airlines, Dayton's (remember the special legislative session?), downtown Target store and a few others that I don't recall at the moment coming up as examples. Unless someone is going to propose a plan, what is there to discuss? Terrell Brown Loring Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
