Where were you when Belton gave the target corp 50million or when she gave brighton the money to build 1million dollar town homes while 15,000 affordable housing units where lost. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today's Sunday paper had an articles about the > Mayor's efforts to get a > stadium in Mpls. > Last week, I saw coverage of the Mayor in the > Skyway System, meeting and > greeting people to lobby for a new stadium. > I remember reading an article the Mayor wrote > shortly after Paul Wellstone > died, referring to "Stand Up - Keep Fighting." > Keeping my word, I did not banner or picket the > Mayor's New Year's Eve > fundraiser-- quietly stood outside. > Nothing to bring home the class differences in > our society than standing > outside that fundraiser and seeing the local rich > and influential drive by to > the party. One woman barely avoiding running into me > and three young people > telling people where to park for the fundraiser. She > decided to drive over the > curb and onto the sidewalk in her hurry to get to > the party. She did not stop, > did not apologize...just kept on driving. > Kind of a metaphor for the way our local politics > seem to run.... no > matter who it hurts, just keep on rolling over > people. > Stand Up- Keep Fighting seems to translate into > singing "Take me out to > the ballgame." > And justice for all--- translates into > subsidizing billionaires who hold > our cities hostage with sports stadiums. > The land of opportunity translates into the land > of opportunists. > And, we the people are responsible for allowing > this state of affairs to > continue. > If that stadium gets built...it will be a public > disgrace. > Margaret Hastings-Mpls-Kingfield > > > 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
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