>From today's Minneapolis Observer...... City officials, claiming the theater was engaging in land speculation, encouraged the Guthrie to renegotiate the deal. "This is a public-private partnership building this theater, and in order to be partners, you have to look at everyone else's interests and weigh that against your own," said Seventh Ward Council Member Lisa Goodman. "While they would've liked to have acted as a land broker and banked that land and made a profit off of it, they realized that there was a public interest in keeping their faith with the citizens of Minneapolis and not taking more than they needed."
[VH] Nice work Councilmember Goodman. Sincerely. Even though we're still subsidizing the elite theater crowd, at least you didn't let the Guthrie pocket a profit on our generous gift. Thanks for stopping the insult that usually goes with the injury. NOW - can we apply this logic to housing developers too? It would be a big step in the right direction. Vicky Heller Cedar-Riverside and North Oaks _______________________________________ 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
