Eva Young posted about the importance of the Plaetarium.
I agree, which is why I've testified twice in the past few weeks
about it at the Legislature. I told them, and the Governor, that is
Minneapolis' number one bonding proposal, and I was happy to deliver the
Governor a letter saying that all Minneapolis Senators and
Representatives are now in full support....We also have a wide colletion
of cosponsors, including many Republicans from around the suburbs and
Greater Minnesota. I also also trying to recruit private contributors to
raise the private dollars necessary to make this work.
We have the best chance in years to get this, thanks to many
people (esp. Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher!)so anything people can to
do encourage non Minneapolis legislators would be great....
Remind them of a couple points:
@ 90% of the visits to the Planetarium were from outside of
Minneapolis.
@ the Planetarium has a history of inspiring children from
around Minnesota to understand space. One example is a young 12 year
old from Willmar whose trip to the Minneapolis Planetarium inspired him
to learn about out the skies. His name is Pinky Nelson. This history
will continue as it is incorporated into a partnership with the six
planetariums around the state.
@ building this now can save the state significant resources
because it is being incorporated into the Central Library. This means
the Planetarium does not have to absorb land costs, constructing
building systems (heating/air/elevators/etc), parking costs...All they
have to do is build out the shell and do programming. This should not
only cut cost of construction but also operating.
A call would be very helpful to legislators from outside of
Minneapolis and whoever your Minneapolis rep. is, thank that person
because they are all on board.
R.T. Rybak
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