What's driving me up the wall about this discussion is how some people keep saying, "we're only destroying 4 homes, not 8."
Given that low priced housing is hard to some by in Minneapolis, isn't it irresponsible to desrtoy even ONE home for a DEVELOPMENT project? Isn't that to some degree what the HWY 55 issue was about, and aren't we still paying for the 55 reroute? What about the people who live in those eight homes? has anyone asked them if they want to be forced to move for the sake of an on ramp? When debating the merits of economic development, it's easy to forget that there are potentially people loosing homes, and that lack of housing was arguably one of the factors that contributed to the economic slump in Minneapolis. I thought we basically had the "imminent domain" debate in 2001, and that it contributed to the downfall of the incumbant mayor and city council president that year. Well, like the stadium, I suppose these things are going to keep comming back no matter how the residents of the city feel about it. I just hope the council remmembers who it represents. Tamir Nolley Holland __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ 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
