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In article <32A3302F.42F1@mmm.com>,
Gerald M. Huhtala <gmhuhtala@mmm.com> wrote:
>CARRIER LOST wrote:
>> 
>> Aliens and the CIA forced Gerald M. Huhtala (gmhuhtala@mmm.com) to write:
>> > And by the way, I could care less about a new stadium as I have been there
>> > for 3 events in my entire life, and one of those was a concert. As I have
>> > said each time, this situation is nothing more than the government trying to
>> > entice a corporate member of the community into staying, due to the revenue
>> > said corporation inputs into the communities purse. The next time you read
>> > about a new company coming to the area and the jobs this is creating, think
>> > about what the goverment might have done to make this area seem attractive.
>> 
>> what makes you think i support this kind of shit either?  :)
>
>You have made it obvoius that you don't support this stuff. And whether you 
>believe it or not, I wish all the states and countries could be on equal 
>footing, but it just isn't going to happen. As such, governments whether 
>local, state, or national are going to do things to make their area seem 
>better than their neighbors to business. The stadium issue is nothing more 
>than the government trying to keep a corporation in it's tax base.
I would like to see Minnesota be one of the states which have better sense
than to waste money supporting professional sports teams, and thus more
money for implementing intelligent decisions.

Unfortunately:  1) The governor wants the new stadium, without any of that
democratic-decision crap.  2) The Minneapolis Star-Tribune isn't nearly as
objective about reporting on this issue as the Deseret News is on
reporting about the church which owns that paper.  3) The Minneapolis city
council has voted to consider places in Minneapolis for the stadium --
which, they're quick to say, doesn't mean they're about to advocate giving
money for the new stadium.

One good thing, at least -- I can now use Arne Carlson as proof that
Republicans can be Big Spenders.  Not many people these days remember
Nelson "I spend your money as if it was my own" Rockefeller.
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