I beg to differ with Ms. Heller's comment that citizen's gave the check to "a bunch of women that couldn't do arithmetic". Some of us could and did but we were treated like the Cassandra's of the council. Even voting no on many of these items we were still in the minority. Ms. Heller should think twice bfore making sweeping, sexist statements and hitting the send button. Lisa McDonald East Harriet ----- Original Message ----- From: Victoria Heller Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:14 AM To: Mpls Forum Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Morked Again! Oh boy, have I grown to appreciate David Brauer. And I mean that
sincerely.
Mr. Mork seems a tad defensive. He wrote:
"But a clique of people cozy with
business (cozy with you?) kept on giving handouts
to them over the years. Ultimately, WE VOTERS
got a belly-full of them and cleaned them out.
As a result, this year’s council is a bit more
circumspect. But the inescapable facts is that
YOU BUSINESS OWNERS have transferred a whopping
amount of taxes to WE RESIDENCE OWNERS. (Get your
facts straight before you post, please)."
Vicky Replies:
1. I can assure you that none of the current or former council members are
cozy with me - I sued the heck out them - and won! Fortunately, HUD
indemnified the City, so payment of my Court award won't harm Minneapolis
taxpayers.
2. If you think that "residence owners" are paying too much in property
taxes, just you wait Mr. Mork, just you wait (you ain't seen nothing yet!)
As I said before, businesses are tired of subsidizing the City's reckless
spending - and they're leaving town in droves. Those of you who remain in
the City get to pay the entire tab. What do you expect? You voters gave
the checkbook to a bunch of women who couldn't do arithmetic - and to make
matters worse, you didn't pay attention to what they were doing. You will
get the tax bill you deserve.
3. It's true, the new Mayor and Council have shown some restraint, but they
inherited a mother debtload, and there is really not much they can do except
push the growing snowball uphill (so future taxpayers will have to deal with
it or default on it.) Last year, the City's DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ALONE
WERE $137 million - up from $97 million in 2000.
4. Since you're the new bully on the Forum I'll cut you some slack. For
future reference though, you would be wise not to question my facts. I
don't make statements that I can't prove.
Listmembers: Stay tuned. Tomorrow I am going to post the City's cash flow
statement for 2001. Sit down before you read it.
Vicky Heller
Cedar-Riverside (work)
North Oaks (home)
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