Before this slips by.
We are spending our own money.
We are the government. Politics is the action of people.
This is a rich city.
A great library is not a trinket. A great library is not a luxury.
Residents and citizens of the United States in general and Minnesota/Minneapolis in particular are not over taxed. We pay so little of our wealth and income in support of our multi layered governments at the same time demanding high quality services high level of control over the decisions made by these governments. If critics required accountability equably across all levels of government I would feel more magnanimous towards calls for less government.
As it is, I'm happy to have leaders who help common people express their aspirations.
Erik
On Feb 3, 2005, at 9:54 PM, Anderson & Turpin wrote:
Mark Anderson replies:
I wish Minneapolis would quit building monuments. I wish the government
would stop spending the taxpayers' money to say something about Minneapolis.
I've been to various libraries hundreds of times, and not once have I had
the desire to look over the building before going inside to find books. Why
can't the government build functional buildings, and leave the beautiful
ones for those who are spending their own money? If the city doesn't get
out of the mindset that it needs luxuries instead of the basics then it will
never get out of its current financial straits. Then Vicky's predictions
will come true, and we'll turn into Detroit. I believe Minneapolis is
moving in the right direction, but when I see comments like the above I
worry whether we can maintain the momentum of more fiscally sound
government. This is not a rich city, so we can't afford to buy trinkets.
Mark V Anderson Bancroft
In cooperation,
Erik Riese Seward US@: A great place to live, work, learn, create and play.
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