Re: [Mpls] Voodoo/Stadium economics

2001-11-13 Thread Robert Schmid
CLark Griffith wrote: It is a sad situation, that could have been saved by spending .5% of the taxes we send to the state every year. Now who would really notice a tax increase of .5%, that would be paid for by other people anyway, One-half percent, huh? Let's see, I just ran some

Re: [Mpls] Voodoo/Stadium economics

2001-11-13 Thread j harmon
List of Stupid stuff My Tax Dollars are Used For: 1.Mayor's husband's car payment Moving a decrepid theater 1/2 block New ashtrays installed outside city hall Maybe a stadium isn't so crazy after all. JHarmon Cleveland _ Get your

Re: [Mpls] Voodoo/Stadium economics

2001-11-13 Thread KarenCollier
In a message dated 11/13/01 3:59:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: List of Stupid stuff My Tax Dollars are Used For: 1.Mayor's husband's car payment Where did that come from? The last time I looked that was illegal. Do you have any evidence of this? Karen Collier Linden

Re: [Mpls] Voodoo/Stadium economics

2001-11-13 Thread Clark C. Griffith
Congratulations, Robert, I didn't say raise taxes by .5%, I said .5% of taxes paid. So this is not .5% on top of an 8% tax rate, this is .5% of 100% of taxes collected. I mentioned a tax increase of .5% and not a tax rate increase of .5%. That was misleading. I am talking about a much smaller

RE: [Mpls] Voodoo/Stadium economics

2001-11-13 Thread Walt Cygan
. But please leave mine alone! Walt Cygan 12-5 Keewaydin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Clark C. Griffith Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 6:42 PM To: Robert Schmid Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Voodoo/Stadium economics