--- Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I maintain that if Minneapolis voters had been told the truth about > the > mountains of debt they faced, they would have lived with the old > library for > a while longer. Clear thinking people would never have funded the > NRP with > borrowed money. Most people have good sense - but that doesn't help > if they > are being lied to. Full disclosure is the goal - just ask the guys > who are > being sent to prison for "deceiving" the public.
[TB] I'm not sure where we were lied to about the library. I recall seeing both costs of paying the bonds including breakdowns by various types of property and side by side comparisions of operating costs of both the new and old libraries. It should be noted that the bond referendum included money to rehab some of the other libraries. The City Council recently refused to issue the portion of the bonds to finance the rehab of the Walker Library, one of the most used libraries in the system. Not responsible? NRP has generally been good for the city. It morphed a bit from its housing goals and probably provided to much money to some of the stable neighborhoods (is East Isles, Cedar Isles Dean and any neighborhood that borders on Richfield or Edina), its done better as the program has matured. Overall this city is in better shape than most cities of similar size. Terrell Brown Loring Park 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
