David Brauer wrote: > St. Paul has the state-financed Science Museum, Children's > Museum, and Xcel Arena, which has beaucoup state bucks. But > Minneapolis's Planetarium? Sorry, pay for it yourself.
Don't forget the Minnesota History Center. I don't begrudge St. Paul the granite and limestone pile. I happen to love and belong to the Minnesota Historical Society. But it did take the organization 150 years to develop its first historic site in Minneapolis (the Mill City Museum, a public/private development set to open late this year or early next) -- whereas you fairly trip over MHS-owned sites in the Capitol City. Still, Minneapolis shares the sweet revenge of the Brainerds and the International Fallses when it comes to ordering photographs and photocopies of items from MHS collections (a service which, again, I love and support). The MHS online fine print reads: "On-site patrons and St. Paul residents: Add 7 percent sales tax. Residents of greater Minnesota: Add 6.5 percent sales tax." So there, at least, is one small compensation for the unscrubbed rubes with home addresses in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness or the deepest reaches of Minneapolis. Chris Steller Nicollet Island-East Bank _______________________________________ 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
