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Might it be possible to remove this thread from other than mn.general?
It's really neither a New York nor a California issue.

In article <57vcls$kj3@darla.visi.com>, dsgood@visi.com (Dan Goodman) wrote:

>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.
>--
>Dan Goodman
>dsgood@visi.com
>http://www.visi.com/~dsgood/index.html
>Whatever you wish for me, may you have twice as much.
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