[Mpls] Hey Peter! Hey RT! Hey Aaron & Hey Ed!

[Elizabeth Wielinski]

Until you have 50 states agree that they will no longer try to outbid 
each other for pro sports teams by offering to subsidize sports 
facilities to make their city/state offer a" better quality of life" 
the entire point is moot.  Where there is competition there will be 
sweeteners in every deal.  That is why charter schools and privates 
schools exist...  they offer something "better" though depending on the 
family and most importantly the student "better" is a relative term.  
The map of Hennepin County shows me that there are quite a few 
"wealthier"  suburban communities that fall in its boundaries and I can 
assure you that the piddling amount of sales tax my family generates 
will be quite a bit less than families in Maple Grove or Edina.  So if 
we can't fix the entire system maybe we should go with the best deal 
available we can generate.  This may or may not be it.

Liz Wielinski
Columbia Park