"Over the objections of a bunch of silly St. Paul neighbors, who believe that their residential quality of life matters, and an even more ridiculous group of wild-eyed environmentalists ranting about something they call "wildlife habitat," Randy Kelly prevailed against all odds in eaking out a million dollars from the bonding bill for the Holman Field Floodwall."
Works for me. Dennis Tester Mac-Groveland >----- ------- Original Message ------- ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:34:51 > > >Rumor has it that Yost has been charged with >describing his version of >the floodwall story for Sunday's paper. Here's my >prediction for how it >might read: > >Over the objections of a bunch of silly St. Paul >neighbors, who believe >that their residential quality of life matters, and >an even more >ridiculous group of wild-eyed environmentalists >ranting about something >they call "wildlife habitat," Randy Kelly prevailed >against all odds in >eaking out a million dollars from the bonding bill >for the Holman Field >Floodwall. All our brave mayor had to do in return >for this beneficial >public improvement was sell what remains of his >soul to the governor -- >a small price to pay, I'd say. (Who needs a soul?) > >Through their brilliance and determination, Mayor >Kelly and his friendly >mascot, Representative Tim Mahoney, succeeded in >convincing the governor >that EVERYTHING else Saint Paul was seeking in its >$58 million bonding >package was peanuts compared to the floodwall >project. At the Pioneer >Press we praise them for having their priorities in >the right place. >Who cares about the Ordway and Como Park, when you >can secure 1/29th of >a floodwall?! Tim Mahoney's devotion to the >airport project was so >great that some say he told the Guv, "If you need >to, take the $1 >million out of the Phalen Corridor...that's small >potatoes when you can >buy 1/29th of a floodwall!" > >Of course, we here at the Pioneer Press know that >there was only one >reason those progressive DFLers in the legislative >delegation opposed >the floodwall. It wasn't their longtime commitment >to either the river >environment or the city's neighborhoods, but a >deliberate effort to get >back at Mayor Kelly for his support of the >President of the United >States!! And you know what, so crafty were they in >their disdain for >the mayor that they let Phalen Corridor and Central >Corridor funding >slip through...so no one would know that they >really dislike the mayor's >support of the President. > >Finally, we couldn't be happier that the mayor >sacrificed the $58 >million St. Paul bonding agenda for the floodwall - >letting the Governor >send $22 million to Rochester of its biotech >initiative with the U of M >instead of ours. No, we're glad to have that >1/29th of a floodwall - >because that should be just enough to ensure that >we can get our paper >delivered from our printing plant down on the >floodplain. Down with >neighbors, environmentalists and most of the St. >Paul legislative >delegation and Hooray for RK!!! > >Jane Prince, 651/308-4984 >------------------------------------------------- >JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ >------------------------------------------------- >POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/ ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/
