[CD] I'd like to suggest that perhaps the external, uncalculated cost of undereducating the populace far outmeasures whatever revenue streams the stadium might generate. What with the crime, poor health and general discontent of the undereducated, but I'm sure they'll all appreciate a brand new stadim devoid of a competitive team, and full of 6 dollar hotdogs, beers and 30 dollar seats. I don't know of any studies to back up this theory, but if you're looking for a good return on an investment, I think education is money in the bank. Bottom line, we shouldn't expect our schools to opperate like for profit business ventures. Benefits are external, incalculable.
deanc wrote: -snip- > Excellent question, and while I agree we need to figure out how to better > fund education, the bottom line is that education does not produce the > revenue streams needed to pay off financing that a stadium could. -snip- > I am convinced that without a new stadium we will be in no position to make > sure those changes do happen. [CD] I love baseball as much as the next, but I still don't see how this should be a priority while the schools are taking hits to their budgets. But I love baseball stadiums, they're cool, so how can I be against this? I don't know, it just seems like if we put our heads together we could think of something WAY COOLER to build together!!! Conor Donnelly WAITEPARK _______________________________________ 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
