[Mpls] Twins stadium is a trojan horse

[David Shove]

This has the ring of truth to it. Another Bush-Pawlenty type trick to make
the poor pay most of the taxes, and give it to the rich. Pretty much the
way it was everywhere before the French and American Revolutions. We
didn't start with a formal aristocracy, but they're working on one now.

--David Shove
Roseville


On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 Socialist2001 at cs.com wrote:

> The Hennepin County board wants to impose a local sales tax without voter
> approval to pay for a new Twins stadium. It's a tiny tax. It's for the baseball
> fans. Right?
>
> The stadium deal will set a precendent. If Hennepin County can hike a local
> sales tax without voter approval today for a stadium, why not again tomorrow
> for something else? And why should other local governments have to get voter
> approval to do a sales tax hike to pay for sports facilities, schools, more cops,
> etc?
>
> Getting behind a public ownership proposal is a way to oppose "the deal"
> without really opposing the most critical part of the deal, which is to strip away
> our right to vote on proposals to hike local sales taxes.  Many politicians
> apparently fear that taking a clear position against a local sales tax hike to
> pay for a stadium will get the Twins fans mad at them.
>
> -Doug Mann, King Field
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