Amen to a referendum. My vote would be for the businesses to support themselves or sell out to someone else. Baseball and football are businesses. If Carl and Red can't make "enough' money with them then they can sell to someone that will be happy with the profits they can achieve. A taxpayer funded stadium is nothing more than corporate welfare. Ron Leurquin Nokomis East
Mark Anderson wrote: Mark you absolutely wrong if you say that only a small minority don't want to spend public money on stadiums. The only referendum we've had on the subject was in Minneapolis. The MAJORITY voted against spending more than $10 million on a stadium. As I recall, the referendum passed with a two to one margin. Personally, I would have voted against spending $1 on a stadium, if I'd had the option. Based on everything I've heard, I suspect a similar referendum would go the same way in St. Paul, the suburbs, and outstate. And I think the pro-stadium folks have blocked such a referendum because they know what the result would be. Certainly the Mpls politicians have no excuse for supporting public financing -- they KNOW what their constituents think. 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 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
