Thank you Mark for some help understanding 'infrastructure costs'. snip from linked article: The higher figure includes taxpayer-funded area improvements ($84 million) and interest on 30-year bonds ($34 million). Area improvements include buying the site, environmental cleanup, ballpark-area streetscape improvements and a new "land bridge" over I-394 connecting Target Center to the ballpark.
Now I have more questions. 1) Why is buying the site not a direct stadium cost? thus added to a different figure and not changing the final cost. 2) Do the counties normally do environmental cleanup or is that normally a state issue? I'm not the most up to date with environmental cleanup issues. 3) "Land Bridge"? Is this really needed or just a nice thing. Paying for streetscape improvements I would expect to be on the city or county in any event. I am trying to come to terms with being sold out by my politicians in favor of the wealthiest man in MN on this. Its a very large pill and may take me a long time to swallow. Ron Leurquin Nokomis East Mark wrote: Here's one of the better ones I've seen for explaining the deal in a straightforward manner: http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2005/05/02/news/news01.txt 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
