[Mpls] Yes, size matters.

[Greg Abbott]

This is the aspect of the DeLaSalle football field debate that has  
always puzzled me:  why does the status quo have such a privileged  
position?

If the arguments about the unique historical and ecological nature of  
Nicollet Island are true, why aren't we trying to roll back existing  
development -- why isn't there a program trying to get the residents  
and/or the high school off the island?

Just curious.

Greg Abbott
Linden Hills


On Oct 30, 2005, at 4:43 PM, wmmarks wrote:

> Christine Viken wrote:
>
>
>> History nuts like me consider the present richer for their  
>> existence and preservation.
>>
>
> But you're only interested in 200 years (Zebulon Pike signed the  
> first shameful treaty with a band of the Mdwaketon (sp?) Dakotah in  
> 1805) of a history  that probably spans thousands of years. You are  
> talking about only the history of industry on Nicollet Island. That  
> does not encompass all the "we" we are at this place with a history  
> attached to Nicollet Island.