Contact Mpls City Council members: Say NO to Stadium Tax Scam
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Eric Angell
May 19, 2012, 2:18:10 PM5/19/12
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Please forward this message widely. Thank you!
Contact Mpls City Council members (even during non-business hours) to
demand our right to vote on the stadium proposal... especially Reich,
Tuthill, and Colvin Roy - the mostly likely to switch sides.
We just need one more "no" vote! (details below).
And join others at the rallies and hearings this coming week.
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Minneapolis Says NO to Stadium Tax Scam !
No Subsidies for Billionaire Zygi!
We Demand Our Right to Vote!
RALLY:
Wednesday, May 23, 4:30 - 7pm,
Mpls City Hall. Meet outside on 4th St. side.
Come as soon as you can.
It's not a "done deal". Zygi Wilf can't get any money from Minneapolis
unless the Mpls City Council votes to approve the deal. We have just days
left to stop the oligarchs. Intergovernmental Relations Committee votes on
Thursday, May 24, 10am; full City Council votes on Friday, May 25, 9:30am.
Both votes are in Council Chambers, Room 317, City Hall - come if you
can. No public comment will be allowed, but your presence is important!
This vote is critical!
If the Council votes Yes, this will be the largest long-term financial
commitment in the city´s history. Total payments may exceed $675 million,
a debt burden on our children and grandchildren for the next 30 years. We
have more important priorities than subsidizing a billionaire who wants to
make more profit from the additional luxury suites! [And, by the way,
football can still be played in the existing Metrodome.]
Irresponsible!
The city has NO money to pay for this until 2021, after the Convention
Center debt is paid. In the meantime, the city pays no principal, or even
interest, just racking up more debt each year! This is not an investment.
The city will NOT OWN a piece of the stadium, and it receives NO REVENUE
that would help pay the debt. Construction jobs will be long gone before
the city even starts paying. This is short-term gain with severe
long-term consequences.
Undemocratic!
In 1997, Mpls residents voted overwhelmingly to protect us from the power
of the City Council to tax us for professional stadiums. As a result, our
City Charter (Constitution) requires a referendum for any such costs over
$10 million. City leaders asked for and received a State exemption from
their own Charter! If the Council votes Yes on this plan, they will take
away your hard-won right to a vote by the people!
If this makes you angry, DO SOMETHING NOW! Come to the rally, come to the
Council meetings, and contact the members of the Mpls City Council!
7 Council members who currently support this irresponsible and
anti-democratic stadium scam:
*Kevin Reich 612-673-2201 kevin...@minneapolismn.gov
*Meg Tuthill 612-673-2210 meg.t...@minneapolismn.gov
*Sandra Colvin Roy 612-673-2212 sandra.c...@minneapolismn.gov
Barbara Johnson 612-673-2204 barbara...@minneapolismn.gov Diane
Hofstede 612-673-2203 diane.h...@minneapolismn.gov
Don Samuels 612-673-2205 don.s...@minneapolismn.gov
John Quincy 612-673-2211 john....@minneapolismn.gov
*Reich, Tuthill, and Colvin Roy, are the mostly likely to switch sides. We
just need one more "no" vote!
Thank these 6 protectors of the city, and encourage them to stand firm:
Cam Gordon 612-673-2202 cam.g...@minneapolismn.gov
Robert Lilligren 612-673-2206 robert.l...@minneapolismn.gov Lisa
Goodman 612-673-2207 lisa.g...@minneapolismn.gov
Elizabeth Glidden 612-673-2208 elizabet...@minneapolismn.gov
Gary Schiff 612-673-2209 gary....@minneapolismn.gov
Betsy Hodges 612-673-2213 betsy....@minneapolismn.gov
WE'LL BE BACK: Follow-up rally Thursday evening, May 24, same time and
place. A celebration if the committee votes "no"; an angry protest if
they vote "yes", with the demand that the Council overturn the committee
vote on Friday morning.
Quit Playing Games With Our Children's Future!!
Our kids can't eat footballs!
Don't let them throw poor and working people and families under the
concrete slabs of a new Vikings' Stadium!
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/315935715149366/
Contact Mpls City Council members (even during non-business hours) to
demand our right to vote on the stadium proposal... especially Reich,
Tuthill, and Colvin Roy - the mostly likely to switch sides.
We just need one more "no" vote! (details below).
And join others at the rallies and hearings this coming week.
=================================================================
Minneapolis Says NO to Stadium Tax Scam !
No Subsidies for Billionaire Zygi!
We Demand Our Right to Vote!
RALLY:
Wednesday, May 23, 4:30 - 7pm,
Mpls City Hall. Meet outside on 4th St. side.
Come as soon as you can.
It's not a "done deal". Zygi Wilf can't get any money from Minneapolis
unless the Mpls City Council votes to approve the deal. We have just days
left to stop the oligarchs. Intergovernmental Relations Committee votes on
Thursday, May 24, 10am; full City Council votes on Friday, May 25, 9:30am.
Both votes are in Council Chambers, Room 317, City Hall - come if you
can. No public comment will be allowed, but your presence is important!
This vote is critical!
If the Council votes Yes, this will be the largest long-term financial
commitment in the city´s history. Total payments may exceed $675 million,
a debt burden on our children and grandchildren for the next 30 years. We
have more important priorities than subsidizing a billionaire who wants to
make more profit from the additional luxury suites! [And, by the way,
football can still be played in the existing Metrodome.]
Irresponsible!
The city has NO money to pay for this until 2021, after the Convention
Center debt is paid. In the meantime, the city pays no principal, or even
interest, just racking up more debt each year! This is not an investment.
The city will NOT OWN a piece of the stadium, and it receives NO REVENUE
that would help pay the debt. Construction jobs will be long gone before
the city even starts paying. This is short-term gain with severe
long-term consequences.
Undemocratic!
In 1997, Mpls residents voted overwhelmingly to protect us from the power
of the City Council to tax us for professional stadiums. As a result, our
City Charter (Constitution) requires a referendum for any such costs over
$10 million. City leaders asked for and received a State exemption from
their own Charter! If the Council votes Yes on this plan, they will take
away your hard-won right to a vote by the people!
If this makes you angry, DO SOMETHING NOW! Come to the rally, come to the
Council meetings, and contact the members of the Mpls City Council!
7 Council members who currently support this irresponsible and
anti-democratic stadium scam:
*Kevin Reich 612-673-2201 kevin...@minneapolismn.gov
*Meg Tuthill 612-673-2210 meg.t...@minneapolismn.gov
*Sandra Colvin Roy 612-673-2212 sandra.c...@minneapolismn.gov
Barbara Johnson 612-673-2204 barbara...@minneapolismn.gov Diane
Hofstede 612-673-2203 diane.h...@minneapolismn.gov
Don Samuels 612-673-2205 don.s...@minneapolismn.gov
John Quincy 612-673-2211 john....@minneapolismn.gov
*Reich, Tuthill, and Colvin Roy, are the mostly likely to switch sides. We
just need one more "no" vote!
Thank these 6 protectors of the city, and encourage them to stand firm:
Cam Gordon 612-673-2202 cam.g...@minneapolismn.gov
Robert Lilligren 612-673-2206 robert.l...@minneapolismn.gov Lisa
Goodman 612-673-2207 lisa.g...@minneapolismn.gov
Elizabeth Glidden 612-673-2208 elizabet...@minneapolismn.gov
Gary Schiff 612-673-2209 gary....@minneapolismn.gov
Betsy Hodges 612-673-2213 betsy....@minneapolismn.gov
WE'LL BE BACK: Follow-up rally Thursday evening, May 24, same time and
place. A celebration if the committee votes "no"; an angry protest if
they vote "yes", with the demand that the Council overturn the committee
vote on Friday morning.
Quit Playing Games With Our Children's Future!!
Our kids can't eat footballs!
Don't let them throw poor and working people and families under the
concrete slabs of a new Vikings' Stadium!
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/315935715149366/
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