David Piehl: "Clearly, Allina is not committed to keep their corporate offices in the neighborhood, so why should the neighborhood spend nearly $200 million to add ramps, widen Lake St to 8 lanes, tear out housing, displace businesses, etc."
Whoa, David! Without taking a position on whether the above spending is warranted, it might be worth putting things in perspective. We're talking about roughly 1,000 Allina jobs, which except for a few execs at Phillips Eye Institute, already are based in eight suburban locations. So the question that might be asked is whether Allina is looking at taking a few executive jobs out of Minneapolis, or looking at moving 1,000 jobs into Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Roseville). One might also note that regardless of whether these 1,000 jobs come to Minneapolis or go elsewhere, as of last December there were 5,430 employees at Abbott Northwestern. I don't know if all of them technically are Allina employees, but they all work at an Allina facility. Steve Brandt Star Tribune REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
