[Mpls] Re: T-H-E W-I-N-G

[Erik Riese]

Before this slips by.

We are spending our own money.

We are the government. Politics is the action of people.

This is a rich city.

A great library is not a trinket. A great library is not a luxury.



Residents and citizens of the United States in general and 
Minnesota/Minneapolis in particular are not over taxed. We pay so 
little of our wealth and income in support of our multi layered 
governments at the same time demanding high quality services high level 
of control over the decisions made by these governments. If critics 
required accountability equably across all levels of government I would 
feel more magnanimous towards calls for less government.

As it is, I'm happy to have leaders who help common people express 
their aspirations.

Erik

> On Feb 3, 2005, at 9:54 PM, Anderson & Turpin wrote:
>
> Mark Anderson replies:
> I wish Minneapolis would quit building monuments.  I wish the 
> government
> would stop spending the taxpayers' money to say something about 
> Minneapolis.
> I've been to various libraries hundreds of times, and not once have I 
> had
> the desire to look over the building before going inside to find 
> books.  Why
> can't the government build functional buildings, and leave the 
> beautiful
> ones for those who are spending their own money?  If the city doesn't 
> get
> out of the mindset that it needs luxuries instead of the basics then 
> it will
> never get out of its current financial straits.  Then Vicky's 
> predictions
> will come true, and we'll turn into Detroit.  I believe Minneapolis is
> moving in the right direction, but when I see comments like the above I
> worry whether we can maintain the momentum of more fiscally sound
> government.  This is not a rich city, so we can't afford to buy 
> trinkets.
>
> Mark V Anderson
> Bancroft


In cooperation,

Erik Riese
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