GOPHER STADIUM BILL CALL TO ACTION
Help bring Gopher football back to campus! As you know, the State Legislature
adjourned on July 13 without taking up any stadium bills. Before more time
slips
by, ask Governor Pawlenty and your legislators to call a special session to
approve funding for the state's share of a new Gopher football stadium. To
e-mail the governor and your legislators, visit
www.umn.edu/stadium/to_help.php.
Thank you for your help and support. Go Gophers!
EY: Dan Dobson is right. I'd encourage calls to Senator Dean Johnson's
Office, Sviggum's Office and Pawlenty's Office - urging them to say Just
Say No to a stadium session.
Steve Sviggum was on AM 1280. The "Ox" is substituting for David Strom.
Perhaps a Minneapolis Legislator could propose the following:
Exclude Minneapolis from the stadium tax - we voted against tax increases
to subsidize stadiums years ago.
Include Dakota County (where the Governor lives), Kandiyohi County (where
Majority Leader and supporter of sticking it to Hennepin County - and
specifically Minneapolis) Dean Johnson lives, and Goodhue County where
Speaker Sviggum lives in this sales tax increase - say up it to 2 % in
those areas to make up for leaving the overburdened Minneapolis taxpayers
out.
County Commissioner Mark Stenglein has a conflict of interest on this
issue, and should recuse himself from voting on it.
Jerry called in and suggested that Hennepin County residents contribute to
an effort to defeat both Steve Sviggum and Dean Johnson (in the model of
Tom Daschle). I'd add to this list Tim Pawlenty, as long as he is
supporting sticking it to Hennepin County taxpayers.
Steve Sviggum was talking about how this was a good way to support a
stadium, and not have it come out of your pocket. Well it's a way for the
taxpayers in Greater Minnesota to stick it to Minneapolis - the economic
engine of the state.
Just say no to a special session.
Governor: 651-296-3391
Speaker Sviggum: 651-296-2273
Senator Majority Leader Dean Johnson: 651-296-3826
Dick Day is coming up next on the patriot..... Call up 651-296-9457
Call the Patriot 651-289-4488. Tell Senator Day to Just Say NO to a
stadium session.
Eva
Eva Young
Near North
Minneapolis
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