[Mpls] ballparks vs planetariums

[David Shove]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Mark Snyder wrote:

> On 2/3/04 1:29 PM, "Andy Driscoll" <andy at driscollgroup.com> wrote:
>
> > Devoting one minute of precious legislative time or one dollar of scarce
> > Minnesota revenues and resources to a stadium (only proponents call it a
> > ballpark) is the obscenity of this Legislative session. Neither Minneapolis
> > nor St. Paul should be pushing for a dime in state or local revenues for
> > such a boondoggle, let alone any urban delegation member working to public
> > finance a millionaires' playground while we have bulging deficits and the
> > slashing of local government aids and human services programs.
> >
> > Join the battle to turn the Legislature's attention to helping the cities of
> > Minneapolis and St. Paul. Stop the discussion now and get on with the
> > people's business.
> >
> > http://www.NoStadiumTax.com
> >
> > Andy Driscoll
> > Saint Paul
> > --------
>
> Unfortunately for Mr. Driscoll, those of us who reside in the real world
> know that there certainly will be legislative time devoted to discussions
> regarding a Twins ballpark and/or a new stadium for the Vikings, whether he
> likes it or not.
>
> That's because there are a lot of people who DO actually want these
> discussions to take place because they DO want to ensure that we keep the
> Twins and Vikings in Minnesota.

Well, I don't want them to stay. I want them to go, yesterday. Their
defenders can go with them, so that the rest of us don't have to ante up
for to a greedy arrogant billionaire. BE GONE! GET OUT! SCRAM! LEAVE! The
whole appeal is sick and perverted, mired in injustice and hogwash. As
long as we have these G..D... major sports here we'll have the capitalist
pirates and their lackeys picking our pockets and monopolizing local
government - so KICK 'EM OUT! Don't go to any games! Boycott! Turn 'em
off! I didn't used to hate major league sports, BUT I DO NOW!!!

--David Shove
Roseville
and no I don't need to be asked what I really think