On Feb 19, 2004, at 1:27 PM, Timothy Mady wrote:
I knew it would be a matter of time before the anti-anything types chimed in regarding Allina.
I see the pluses and minuses of the Allina "get," but I think it's absolutely fair for citizens to ask about the cost-benefit of a project that is being subsidized both through forgiven property taxes and highway infrastructure.
Jeanne Massey is right: Mayor Rybak won in large part by questioning the cost-benefit of the Downtown Target and other projects. It is only fair to ask the Mayor and his administration for some sort of spreadsheet that the average involved citizen can understand about why this project makes financial sense for the city.
To be sure, there are other values beyond money, but money is important and so is a citizen's right to know.
And while I can appreciate and respect Tim's passion (any employer should be grateful), let's at least think twice about labeling a critic of any city issue as "anti-everything." Like the NIMBY charge, it tends to be anti-intellectual and obscure the factual underpinnings of any rational civic debate.
David Brauer Kingfield (Who, temporarily, thinks twice before he posts these days)
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