At 04:35 PM 11/16/01 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In case anyone missed the Star Tribune piece on Sabri - > >http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/833070.html I thought this part was vintage Sabri:
<<But Sabri is doing it his typically headstrong way. He's purposely building a development that needs a minimum of approvals from the city officials whose work he loves to criticize. His project didn't require Planning Commission or City Council approvals, although certain categories of tenants might need such review later. "The zoning office and the way the codes are written ... have hurt the poor minorities and immigrants in Minneapolis," he said. "It makes it very difficult to go through the process to open a business." He also is launching the project without bank financing, using cash flow from his commercial and residential rentals and resources from family and friends. Banks would want to know tenant and lease details. "I'm not into being controlled by anybody," he said.>> The article also mentions that CM Lilligren was surprised by this and wanted details. Piehl continues: >Also, I hear WCCO will be featuring a story tonight at 6:00 on Sabri's latest >defense, that it was "all Herron's idea". > Whatever. I have to say this about Sabri -- he makes good copy. As does Brian Herron. Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ 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
