It doesnt sound dead yet. The original poster jumped the gun... Hopefully they can come to some agreement on this and get a deal done, its not the state, what do they care? It sounds like the only way its ever going to happen...saying the Twins should do it themselves is all well and good, its just never going to happen. The Hennepin County Commissioners voted to raise the sales tax (if they Legislature will permit)...out-state legislators have nothing to do with it. I support the Commissioners who passed the measure. I look forward to going to a new downtown Mpls ballpark. Anthony Thompson Standish
-----Original Message----- From: Eva Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Sent: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:09:54 -0500 Subject: Re: [Mpls] No Special Session for Twins Stadium At 04:18 PM 10/6/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Political reporter Pat Kessler is reporting the governor and legislative >leaders have agreed to a one-day special session: Gophers Stadium and Maple >Grove Hospital only. No Twins or Vikings Stadium. I guess the Twins are very >upset since they claim their proposal has no state money. Could it be the >Las >Vegas or Monterrey Twins? > Yup, the Twins proposal consists of sticking it to Hennepin County Taxpayers. It really torks me off when outstate legislators feel that it's a nice free vote to raise Hennepin County sales taxes. If the Twins are a statewide resource, the state should be stepping up to the plate on this. Why can't the Twins spend the $ they are spending on lobbying the legislature to do a full court press of business - if this is such a good deal, the business community would be the appropriate folks to step up to the plate - rather than the taxpayers. Former legislator John Jordan on his blog talks about wanting to "tar and feather" stadium opponent John Knight. Eva Young Near North Minneapolis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lloydletta's Nooz http://lloydletta.blogspot.com Dump Michele Bachmann http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790) http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1381.html 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
