First, a sincere thanks for the Shane Price campaign (or at least a supporter) providing a platform. By the way, I appreciate Margo Ashmore doing it first-hand. Olin Moore out there?
I do have some questions about the Price platform - genuine, sincere, not intended to be sarcastic. [Angela Dawson, on behalf of Price] Shane will not support a stadium unless it comes with a plan to employ local people with sustainable, living wage jobs.� [Me] Are you really saying that is sufficient? Jobs for a stadium deal? I worry that such a deal could be the modern equivalent of $24 in beads for Manhattan...that the jobs will be few but the public subsidy could be nine figures. How can we be sure this deal is not a fig leaf? [Price campaign] The average dollar in Edina is recycled at least five times before it leaves that community.� In North Minneapolis, our dollar is rarely recycled once.� [Me] While I don't doubt more $$ stay in Edina, what is the source of the above statistical comparison? [Price campaign] Finding and owning a place to live is often the first step to gaining a financial foothold for those seeking an American Dream. Predatory lending is among the highest in the Hawthorne and Jordan neighborhoods. Shane Price will introduce and support local legislation that holds corporations and individuals accountable for robbing our neighborhoods of hard earned equity and for humiliating homeowners that are seeking their dream. [Me] An attractive idea - I'd like to know more about how it would actually work. For example, to replace predatory lending with a "non-predatory" version, some lender is going to have to accept a lower return. Do we have evidence that the risk is low enough to pay back a lower return? If not, you'll just wind up with no lending...which might be worse for the people of Hawthorne and Jordan. Again, I'd just like a practical roadmap. [Price campaign] Shane Price will work with activists and experts to implement positive, renewable energy solutions that will not violate our responsibility to future generations. [Me] I'm with you, environmentally. But I do want to get some sense of where the bucks will come from for renewables in the short run, and how city/taxpayer finances can accommodate it. Again, my thanks and respect to the Price campaign for posting here. I do believe it is incumbent on list members to follow proposals with respectful questions. I have no candidate in the hunt in the 3rd Ward, and just wish to learn more about how the city's future leaders might bring off their platforms. David Brauer King Field (Ward 10 for now, Ward 8 in '05) _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
