Highlights from the House committee on the Stadium last evening...hopefully this is a Minneapolis issue..
A refendum admendment lost by one vote.. Out of county reps want this passed.. the question was brought up, a referendum on gas tax, gay marriage rights, sewers, etc. but not on the stadium. Neal Peterson of Bloomington feels this will be a boom to the 494 area. Rep from Brooklyn Center was a strong voice for it...whatever her reason might be...and the Rep from Moorhead was also very vocal in the passage. It was brought up that the Mall was bringing in the most revenue for the county...not true... Minneapolis pays 35% of the counties taxes, Bloomington, which includes the mall pays 12%, Edina, and other cities pay about 5% according to Rep Lenczewski. The Ball Park Commission needs to be from Hennepin except for one member. Non elected bodies can not condemn property but otherwise the wording of the bill is such that they have full control over everything including strikes by labor. The wording of the bill is unbelievably controlling, ridgid with total disregard for the populace of the county. There will be a transfer of land without payment...there are Federal rights that will want fair market value taken out...fair market value for the government and condemnation for the public which will come from the city?!! Rep.Lenczewski from Bloomington fought hard to bring home the fact that by law 1999, the citizens have a right to vote. About 5-6 Reps brought up admendments that tried to bring some fairness to the citizens of Henn, but to no avail. One brought up that the owner bring 50% to the table considering that with naming rights, ticket sales etc. etc....his 125 million was a drop in the bucket..there really seemed to be some concern for us but then there were the others! The Rep from Chisholm brought forth the bill .It has not passed out of that committee yet but will then go to taxation. If we spend money on a special session to pass a stadium bill when other more important issues are not being looked at....democracy or control by wealth? Dorie Rae Gallagher Nokomis... 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
