Vicky wrote: "To my knowledge, we never asked for or received anything from the City."
Wasn't the Heller-Siegal project the recipient of federal subsidies? Large subsidies? Where I live (Mpls) a public subsidy is still a subsidy no matter what level of government issues it. Your argument is so disingeneous because you are the number 1 watchdog on this listserv for any development project that contains any degree of public subsidy. This extends down to the deferred loan program for housing fix-up that you have railed against recently in your posts. You begrude homeowners like Vanessa the few thousand dollars that her family got to fix up her house (and thus contribute to the future stability of the housing stock and by extension, the neighborhood.) If, as a policy argument, you are against *any* form of public subsidy, then say so. But don't accuse people of eating at the public trough if they receive any type of subsidy that you disapprove of. Cedar Riverside had quite a sit-down at HUD's Old Country Buffet before it doubled over with indigestion. David Wilson Loring Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ 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
