Fwd: Reminder: (Wednesday) Say NO to Stadium Tax Scam!! No Billouts for Billionaire Zygi!
From: patty (pattypaxearthlink.net)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 13:45:34 -0700 (PDT)
Please call the MPls. City Council members , especially the 3 who are mentioned 
in this email.   We still have a chance to say no to billionaire, Ziggy .    
patty

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> From: "Rowley Clan" <rowleyclan [at] earthlink.net>
> Date: May 22, 2012 3:30:12 PM CDT
> To: <rowleyclan [at] earthlink.net>
> Subject: Reminder: (Wednesday) Say NO to Stadium Tax Scam!! No Billouts for 
> Billionaire Zygi!
> Reply-To: <rowleyclan [at] earthlink.net>
> 
> From: kim defranco [mailto:kimdefranco [at] yahoo.com] 
> 
> Please call, come and forward!
>  
> You don't have to live in Minneapolis to Say NO! Please forward this widely. 
> Thank you!
>  
> Call Mpls City Council to demand Minneapolis' right to vote. Especially 
> Reich, Tuthill, and Colvin Roy, are the most likely to switch sides.  We just 
> need one more no vote! (See details below).
> 
> Join others in the rally and hearing.
>  
> Though if you do, call your City Council person now and join us next 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 them. 
>  
> 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 far more important priorities than subsidizing a 
> billionaire who wants to make more profit from the additional luxury suites!
> 
> The game of 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.  The 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!
> 
> The 7 Council members who currently support this scam:
> 
> Barbara Johnson  612-673-2204  barbara.johnson [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Diane Hofstede  612-673-2203  diane.hofstede [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Don Samuels  612-673-2205  don.samuels [at] minneapolismn.gov
> John Quincy  612-673-2211  john.quincy [at] minneapolismn.gov
> *Sandra Colvin Roy  612-673-2212  sandra.colvin.roy [at] minneapolismn.gov
> *Meg Tuthill  612-673-2210  meg.tuthill [at] minneapolismn.gov
> *Kevin Reich  612-673-2201  kevin.reich [at] minneapolismn.gov
> 
> *the last 3, Reich, Tuthill, and Colvin Roy, are the mostly likely to switch 
> sides.  We just need
> one more no vote!
> 
> Thank these 6 opponents, and encourage them to stand firm:
> 
> Cam Gordon  612-673-2202  cam.gordon [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Robert Lilligren  612-673-2206  robert.lilligren [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Lisa Goodman  612-673-2207  lisa.goodman [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Elizabeth Glidden  612-673-2208  elizabeth.glidden [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Gary Schiff  612-673-2209  gary.schiff [at] minneapolismn.gov
> Betsy Hodges  612-673-2213  betsy.hodges [at] 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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