[Mpls] Taxes vs. Amenities

[Jim Mork]

Vicky pretends not to get what David says about living in Fridley. But she 
doesn't fool me at all. Here's a way for everyone to look at it. Pick up 
North Oaks or Fridley and move them 500 miles north and what WOULD be the 
attraction of living either place?  None. The SOLE reason that they attract 
the people who live there is the immediate proximity of Minneapolis and St 
Paul.  Give me a count of the major symphony orchestras in either place. 
Tell me how many Broadway shows you can see in either place.  Count off the 
four-star restaurants in either place. And on and on.  WE have the library 
(or will have). WE have the entertainment.  WE have the culture.  WE have 
the universities (North Oaks score of universities, last I checked, was 
zero).

The fact is that it is our core cities that make this region GO.  The 
suburbs live off the scraps. Moving from Minneapolis to a suburb is sort of 
like sunbathing in the REFLECTION of the sun.



Jim Mork
Cooper

"What 9/11 has done is to pull together the diverse and sometimes 
contradictory military and economic strands of this 'no rivals' policy into 
one seamless approach. This war on terrorism looks more like a war for the 
preservation of US imperial power. That is why countries like France, 
Germany, Russia and China - which have a stake in the dilution of US power 
globally - are at the forefront of international opposition to the impending 
invasion of Iraq."  --Times of India

"We hold these truths to be self-evident....that governments are formed, 
deriving their just powers by the consent of the governed"    Declaration of 
Independence



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