The correct thing to do as representatives is to allow the citizens of henn. couunty to vote, annyything less says they don't support us or care what we want they just want power and perks from others. Dain Lyngstadedina/phillips --- Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're hearing those correctly. They're both being > used. The Twins > want to claim that they're chipping in 1/3. > However, that does not take > into account the cost of borrowing money for the > stadium. The cost of > intersted and bond servicing for this would run > @$100million. I > understand that when we individuals talk about > buying a home, we use the > sale price and don't talk about the total cost that > would include > interest on the money we had to borrow to buy the > home. Nevertheless, > in the case of the stadium debate I feel it's > inapporiate to not include > the cost of borrowing the money. Unless someone's > got 1/3 of a billion > in cash ready to be used, the cost of borrowing the > money is part of the > cost of the stadium. > > Allen Graetz > MPLStown > > Bruce Gaarder wrote: > > > > >3) The editors of the Strib wrote on Tuesday that > the Twins would > >be putting up 36% of the cost. Other articles have > stated the cost > >as $478 million with the team putting up $125 > Million. The editorial > >is either deliberately misleading (the public share > is $478M - $125M > >= $353M, $125M is 35.4% of $125M) or sloppy editing > ($125M is 26% of > >$478). I'm not inclined to cut them slack on an > editorial about what > >they consider so vital to their well-being. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 >
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