Keith says; The local rules: All substantial development shall be needlessly confounding, and expensive. Enable insiders access to necessary subsidies to bridge the artificially created gap. Mortgage Mpls.' future by bondselling to raise said cash for subsidy. All other barbarians are stopped at the gate. Garner funds from insider profits for political goals. Make charade like motions that poor people are cared about. Elevate property taxes. Repeat.
Keith Reitman NearNorth In a message dated 11/29/03 11:45:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << But Wal-Mart won't do that. If it comes to Minneapolis, it will dictate exactly how it wants to do things and it will be the Wal-Mart way with no room to negotiate or compromise (Keith here: Fine & Fair). Wal-Mart will dictate exactly what the city will do to accommodate Wal-Mart and if it doesn't get everything it wants, it will play hardball and either force the city to capitulate or it will go home (Keith: Fine & Fair) . Wal-Mart routinely claims "property rights" for itself while destroying or ignoring the rights of other property owners (Keith: Property rights is a "Sword" not a "Shield", hence must be asserted. Fine & Fair). No one seems to be now for sure if Wal-Mart is going to try to locate in Minneapolis but if does, I hope that the City Council and Mayor Rybak will insist that Wal-Mart play by our rules (Keith: Mpls.' "rule-book" has been the shameless crowning of insider big shots with sacks of Gov. $$$/ not Fine and Fair) and not let this company trample on Minneapolis like it has so many other places. Jim Bernstein Fulton >> 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. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ 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
