I think it would be great if some of the sports stars, who are role models to
the young people in the area, and who make those big-buck salaries, either as a
group or as individuals made major donations to the Minneapolis Library
Building Fund. Just think of the wonderful message that would send
Adopting this attitude strikes me as cutting off one's nose to spite one's
face. If someone wants to make a donation to the library in order to get
their name on it I say let them. If they turn out to be the next Enron,
then we rename the library. If they don't, then the name is no more harmful
IMHO, I think naming the Minneapolis Public Library
after any one person, corporation, family, etc would
be a horrible idea.
On the other hand if a donor funded the Planetarium,
by all means, name it after the donor. Name a wing, a
bldg in a complex like the University but not the
institution.
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