I agree. All Kelly's talk about a "regional solution" is just so much obstructionist blather to kill the issue for months and hope it dies forever, leaving us choking in smoke and him basking in favors from the stadium-pirates.
Proof too that Chamber of Commerce campaign support bought a vote from Debbie Montgomery for Big Tobacco. More evidence that all Chamber of Commerce candidates need to be ejected, kicked out, banished, replaced, put out to pasture. Dump Kelly, Bostrom, Montgomery, and Harris. We got a better Council after this last election - but not better enough: it has to be able to override reactionary mayoral vetoes. We can't change the Council till the 2007 election. But we can oust the corporate-puppet mayor in November 2005. Now we just need some good opponents to come forward - as soon as possible. --David Shove Roseville On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Dan Dobson wrote: > My bet is that Kelly is simply once again mouthing rationalizations for > supporting big business over the average guy. I did not understand > Kelly's willingness to back big tobacco and the bars on this issue, > until I read the PP today and saw the connection to the stadium. > > http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/8996952.htm?1c > > Kelly needs his 3% bar and restaurant tax to fund his beloved Twins > stadium. If he doesn't make kissy-face with the bar owners on the > smoking issue, they will not support his bar and restaurant tax to build > a new stadium. I suspect his veto is not so much about the actual > smoking issue, as his attempts to keep the stadium issue alive in St > Paul. As Charles Sinkler, the owner of Fabulous Fern's said, "If this > thing passes, the stadium is a dead issue". > > I bet a beer with anyone here, that by the end of the summer no one in > Kelly's administration will have approached the Ramsey County Board for > a "regional solution". _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
