This is not an either/or scenario! The choice is not between "crime prevention" or a new baseball stadium!
Regardless of where one stands on the special levy in Hennepin County to build a new baseball stadium, there is no $1.1 billion dollars sitting in a pile somewhere waiting to be divvied up. No temporary sales tax increase for the stadium does mean that there will be a sales tax increase for "crime prevention" or affordable housing or anything else. Even if a stadium levy is imposed, Hennepin County or the city of Minneapolis could still pass and then ask the Legislature for additional sales tax increase to fund "crime prevention" or affordable housing or something else. Jim Bernstein Minneapolis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Mpls] Build it and They will Come How Much Crime Can We Prevent With 1.1 Billion Dollars? That's how much the leading mayoral candidates want to spend, of the taxpayers money, for a new stadium for one of the richest multi billionaires in the world. When we're cutting funds for education, medical research, libraries, fire and police protection these reckless fools want to squander our hard earned money on an open air stadium right next to the garbage burner. According to an air emission study conducted for Hennepin County, the precise point of impact or the "hot spot" for most of the emissions will be 417 meters southeast of the smokestacks or more precisely, the pitcher's mound. The 1.1 billion dollar figure comes from the Minnesota Department of Revenue. That's what a new stadium will cost over the 30 year proposed period. These two leading candidates have never been in business. They are completely unaware that they are being hornswaggled by one of the most cunning billionaires in the state. Pohlad is coughing up several million more dollars than he originally proposed and if the young and naive candidates wouldn't buckle he would pay for it all because the value of his team will go up in value about six or eight hundred million dollars or more when he gets a new stadium. At that point, of course, he would probably put the team up for sale and ride out of town like Red McCombs with hundreds of millions of dollars and ready for his Sincerely, Don Johnson, Candidate for Mayor, 3808 Grand Ave So. Minneapolis, MN 55409 (612) 824 1111 _www.DonJohnsonMayor.org_ (http://www.donjohnsonmayor.org/) 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 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
