Since government and media won't listen to us, the only recourse is the streets. We don't like this alternative, but sooner or later we will see that it will be the only way to stop being squeezed dry.
Eat the rich. --David Shove Roseville On Wed, 4 May 2005, dain lyngstad wrote: > The truth as to why so many residents of our state and > city loath public support for sports stadiums has not > really been addressed. The scams and the lies which > took the old met stadium from us and gave us the > dome.Most folks at the time supported keeping the met > but the powers that be (and still seem to be)felt a > covered stadium in downtown Mpls.would bring great > rewards ie. redevelopment of a forgotten neighborhood, > a strong new tax base, and crowds flooding downtown > with money. All they asked was a small sales tax > increase which would be dropped as soon as the stadium > was payed for. We still have that tax! We don't have > the redevelopments to the degree promised. We don't > have the crowds flooding downtown. Not to mention the > loss of the UofM stadium and the great community feel > the met and its grand parking lot gave to us. We still > loose money each day paying a sales tax that was to be > gone. Should we really trust the politicos with > another temporary tax increase and more dreams of how > great things will be? I for one ( with most the state > and city and county behind me) think not. Dain > Lyngstad edina/phillips > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > 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
