Even msnbc reports the obvious. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7912084/
We need to "powerdown" our infrastructure in every way: this means that we need to avoid investing more in "corporate welfare" for such energy-intensive industries as airlines. We also need to invest quickly in energy-efficient mass transit. We need to avoid corporate welfare for such energy-intensive boondoggles as the Twins "Stadium Tax." Instead, we need to invest in energywise infrastructure and clean alternatives to fossil fuel sources. We should not pass any new regressive taxes in Hennepin County or Minneapolis. Any new taxes must be applied to clean local energy, local organic agriculture (including urban agriculture) and energy-efficient transit and urban design. We are at a place where the old paradigms are no longer applicable. Only the Greens have any sense of this. The Democrats are once again trying to suck up all the energy for change and direct it toward pointless exercises in pseudo-democracy. Watch the Democrats skewer anyone who dares to object to throwing money away on the airport and professional sports entertainment industries when we need instead to shape new infrastructure for a new time. Will the Twins fly the team around the nation for games when airline tickets are forced to reflect real energy costs of flying, let alone the environmental costs? If airlines lose $17,000/minute now, what will happen when they go bankrupt and leave another swath of retirees with half-pensions and broken promises? Will we subsidies all of the billionaire and millionaire CEOs who refuse to deal with energy and environment as anything other than "externalities?" Will Minneapolis taxpayers foot the bill for health care and housing for former Northwest Airlines employees while former top executives float away with golden parachutes? Will we be able to keep subsidizing a Twins team that cannot now afford to pay its own way as a private corporation? The alternative is clear: use local community resources for local clean energy development, local sustainable farming development, and local sustainable transportation development. Who amoung the Mayoral candidates and City Council candidates are talking about these very real-world options for action? -- pedaling for peace and ecojustice, from Lynnhurst for now --Gary Hoover 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
