Dore Mead wrote:

> In response to Mr. FitzGerald's request, please note that the Cub Foods store
> on 60th received NO subsidy from the City of Minneapolis or any other level of
> government.  The store even paid for the "Public Works" additions needed to
> accommodate the store, such as some of the adjacent traffic lights.
>
> While eligible for State funding, the developer of Cub paid out of his own
> pocket the costs of environmental clean-up for the site.  That work continues
> -- that's what goes on in the funky little building at the western edge of the
> parking lot.  Hopefully that work will finally be completed in the
> not-too-distant future.

I hope that our current representatives will take note of this example.
Profitable business don't need government subsidies.

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park

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