I don't think what happened friday can be considered as baseball getting their house in order, we'll still be threatened with relocation unless we build a stadium. Is anyone aware of our financial house in Minneapolis and the state in general. We can't seem to do the basics, (hello, Mayor Rybak, remember basic services.) we can't seem to fund a REAL civilian review board, we can't seem to fund other departments, we can't seem to protect our water and air, we can't seem to keep our politicians from staying above board, we can't seem to reorganize the city so that it works for everyone, we can't seem to get local government and specifically the park board to listen to neighborhoods and yet a stadium that will not serve all of us is affordable. Where are the priorities?????? We voted here in Mpls, we said something a couple of years ago and if it's not what "we" what to hear we ignore it. But the shame is we will continue to waste time on this issue. There are far more pressing things at the table. Clearly the last election mandated that.
I think most people would throw in "some" money for a stadium, but that wasn't good enough for the twins. They wanted us to foot the entire bill. Now, we do still live in a capitalist society, right? If baseball is such a wonderful "product" they won't have any problem finding the money, right? We change the rules to serve us when we want, and that is bullshit! But, hey, at least we can debate this unlike other things in our society.....this is such a wasteful distraction from the real problems. If throwing money at social ills is not the solution, then it's not the solution in this case either. Robert Yorga St. Anthony West Koyaanisqatsi (Hopi) 1.Crazy Life. 2.Life in Turmoil. 3. Life out of Balance. 4. Life Disintegrating. 5. A State of Life that calls for Another Way of Living. Dean Carlson wrote: > Jeez Loueez, the ink isn't even dry on this sucker and the no-stadium > contingent is already out, fangs bared. > > Many on this list said no new stadium until baseball got it's economics in > order. Well they just did that. We don't have to worry about the threat of > contraction anymore either. I know most on this list don't want to accept > it but a majority of the public want a new stadium and are willing to have > some (small) amount of public assistance included to do it. Let's just get > it done. > > Dean Carlson > East Harriet, Ward 10 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Velez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 12:11 PM > Subject: [Mpls] Baseball > > > According to preliminary reports (wcco.com), part of the 11th hour deal > struck > > to prevent a baseball work stoppage is that contraction of teams will not > be > > reconsidered until 2006. > > > > Note to elected officials: THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE "REWARD" our > owner-in- > > waiting, Carl, with a new stadium. > > > > Note to citizens: We can expect at least 4 more years of our elected > officials > > coming back each year with some new stadium deal. The solution: THROW OUT > THE > > INCUMBENTS! I can state that I will be a solid "NO" vote on a stadium > proposal > > as long as the education funding issues and other budgetary > problems/issues > > loom. I say let Carl come up with a proposal and get the public behind > it; why > > should our elected officials be on the hook for convincining the public > that we > > need a new stadium? > > > > Bob Velez > > Shingle Creek > > Ward 4-1 > > > > -- > > Citizen Bob Velez > > Green Party endorsed candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner, District > 1 > > AFSCME (Local 34) ENDORSED > > http://www.webspawner.com/users/citizenbobvelez/ > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
