I don't consider the stadium a done deal. The only way I can see it being so is if the state picks up any public costs and holds money hostage that is destined for vital Minneapolis interests. When they cut our state aids to offset the losses of this Bush recession, they are essentially killing the POSSIBILITY of a stadium deal involving Minneapolis funds. So it would have to be funds from somewhere else. Someone might have it in mind to crush Minneapolis political resistance by forcing the physical stadium down our throats. But they can't force the COST down our throats because they are giving us a huge budget problem in any case.
As far as Shane Price, I don't get his logic. How is it easier to demand living wage jobs and fighting a package that doesn't have them than it is to fight the stadium in any case. A fight is a fight. If he can't win a fight to prevent the stadium, what gives him the notion he can force any living wage jobs on the deal? Frankly, I'm not sold on this living-wage campaign for public projects. The number of jobs is pitiable under the best of circumstances. If the normal economy doesn't have to pay living wages, then you aren't going to see them. What the few jobs promised for a project become are redundancy schemes that are over-priced so that the private employer gives nothing out of his own pocket. Living-wage jobs are not a "green" issue. Renewable energy jobs would be. Organic farming would be. But the Green Party shouldn't get involved in subsidized jobs. It would tarnish the party's image as more "politics as usual". ===== ===== Jim Mork----Cooper Neighborhood "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God"--Matthew 5:9 United for Peace http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
