Fwd: Reminder: (Wednesday) Say NO to Stadium Tax Scam!! No Billouts for Billionaire Zygi! | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
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 Begin forwarded message: > 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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