Clark, I am sympathetic to the needs of baseball, but unalterably opposed to direct tax fund subsidy of either the team or a stadium.
So let's say you get you 0.5%. Whats to keep the Guthrie from duplicating your performance? And then every other group from the League of Women's Voters to the Boy Scouts and the city itself stating that they could make our city better with just a little money. And each of them would probably be right. And individually we could afford it. But as an aggregate we absolutely cannot, and I haven't even gotten to the arguments about the proper role of government. I may end up watching Legion Ball and lying to myself that any outdoor baseball is better than domeball to cover my pain. But I'll be able to afford it, and have some rationale left to fend off the megalomaniacs trying to make my life better. Rich Chandler - Ward 9 --- "Clark C. Griffith" Congratulations, Robert, I didn't say raise taxes by .5%, I said .5% of taxes paid. So this is not .5% on top of an 8% tax rate, this is .5% of 100% of taxes collected. I mentioned a tax increase of .5% and not a tax rate increase of .5%. That was misleading. I am talking about a much smaller bite, and I'm talking about all taxes paid by all taxpayers, including corporations. Cheers, Clark Griffith, Seventh Ward __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.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
