I for one hope this City jumps on board with this one, in fact I would encourage all City Council candidates to tell us where they stand (Mayoral candidates too).
I've argued that a region-wide sales tax is the way to go for stadium financing. Wisconsin did it for the Brewers and Packers, Denver did it for their beautiful ball park (paid off in 10 years!). The best way would have been to levy a .10 percent sales tax on the 9 county metro area, half go to stadiums the other half to affordable housing, education, arts, transportation (your pet issue here). As others have posted the beauty of this arrangement is that Hennepin County is the economic force of the region. So actually those Japanese tourists visiting the MOA and those suburbanites who work downtown will be paying for the stadium as well. I will be encouraging my state senator and representative to support this bill. I know a lot of other Hennepin County residents who will be doing the same. Dean E. Carlson Ward 10, East Harriet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanne Massey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Allen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 2:03 PM Subject: RE: [Mpls] County, Twins have ballpark deal > Allen Graetz: > I'm curious what, if anything, the city of Minneapolis can do to fight this. > Afterall, this is the MPLS email list so we should keep a MPLS focus on this > one. > > Jeanne Massey: Where is the political leadership in opposition to this at > all levels - city, county and state? I hope to hear them weigh in on this, > and soon - before the county board meeting this week. > > Gail Dorfman was the only county commissioner who voted against county > funding for a baseball stadium last year. I remember the city council > overwhelmingly supporting the warehouse district site for a stadium, but I > don't remember what vote was taken regarding city funding for a stadium. In > any case, an increase in local taxes imposed by the county amounts to the > same thing - city council members supportive of this proposal essentially > support city funding for a stadium. > > I was glad to hear at a recent forum the clear opposition by my potential > council members (8th ward) to public financing for a stadium. > > Where are our various state elected officials from Minneapolis on this? > > Jeanne Massey > Kingfield > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
