For a long time now, corporations have been playing cities off each other to get subsidies that they often neither need nor deserve. Ultimately, for the city of Minneapolis to be competitive, we need to have a tax base. Increasing the job base is great, but we could also stand to have some of these new businesses moving in pay taxes.
That said . . . There are other considerations. In order for the city to be a place where businesses will come and pay taxes, it must first be a place where they WANT TO COME. I think that anyone who has been to the Chicago/Lake area realizes that it needs quite a bit of investment. As it stands right now, I wonder how many businesses would want to move into the neighborhood. I firmly believe that the taxes the city is NOT getting will lead to new development, which ought to create taxes the city IS getting. By the way, am I right in my belief that the I-35 project will create no just an exit onto Lake Street, but a ramp to bypass it and go straight to 28th street? God forbid the commuters have to experience the terror of urban life that is Lake Street . . . it would keep me up all night panicking about my commute. --Jeff Rosenberg Cedar-Riverside -Who thinks that it's about time we at least do something with a building of that size 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
