While it can be argued that a city-wide food/liquor tax to pay for a new Twins stadium is better than a downtown-only tax, I like neither one of them.
Last week, as I often do, I ate at the Modern Cafe in NE Minneapolis. I had the delicious pan-seared duck breast with the five-spice mashed potatoes. For desert, I broke with habit by foregoing the chocolate creme brulee and, instead, I opted for the lime cheesecake. Yummy! So, what does that have to do with the Twins stadium? I dunno. Two weeks ago, my wife and I and another couple ate at the Malt Shop in south Minneapolis. Of course, we all had malts. I particularly like their peanut butter malts because they actually use peanut butter instead of peanut butter powder or flavoring. So, what does that have to do with the Twins stadium? I dunno. Several weeks before that, I ate at King and I Thai. I had beef Pad Thai while my wife had the coconut curry beef. Whooie! That was delicious. So, what does that have to do with the Twins stadium? I dunno. Having never watched the Twins play at the Metrodome, I fail to see how my eating in Minneapolis has any relationship to the fact that the Twins have a stadium in Minneapolis or want a new stadium. Why would someone tax me further for something as non-essential as a new stadium for the Twins, while our public schools are looking to close schools and cut progams to make up for budget shortfalls? Scott McGerik Hawthorne/Minneapolis http://www.mcgerik.com/scott/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ 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
