Sunday, April 23, 2006
MN Twins Stadium: Why Should Carl Pohlad Pay His Fair Share?
My friend, Baseball Bob, had the opportunity to interview Minnesota Twins Owner, BILLIONAIRE Carl Pohlad.
While you listen to the interview, scroll down in this post just a bit, and peruse the financial data that goes along with this "Great Investment" into Major League Baseball.
Click on the > to hear the interview:
Billionaire Carl Pohlad
Stadium Facts:
Estimated Cost To Date of the New Twins Stadium: $522 Million Dollars
Amount The Twins Organization (e.g. Twins Owner Carl Pohlad) Will Contribute: $130 Million Dollars
Amount Passed On To Hennepin County Taxpayers: $392 Million Dollars from a .03 cent tax on every $20.00 dollars spent in Hennepin County
Estimated Date of Ballpark Completion: 2010
Twins Current Ranking in MLB: 19th out of 30 Teams
Current Twins Payroll: $63 Million Dollars
Public Vote on the Proposed Hennepin County Tax: Denied by the House Tax Committee in a 15-13 Vote.
Estimated Cost to the Twins Lobby Winning their 'No Taxpayer Vote' on The Issue: Priceless. Because they feared, and rightly so, that the voters would never have approved this "taxation without representation" for a BILLIONAIRE owner and MILLIONAIRE players.
All voices, except Baseball Bob, are impersonated. Or...are...they?
©2006
Information Source:
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Credits:
Wheelchair: "South Park's" Timmy character doll
Image of Carl Pohlad: Public Domain
While you listen to the interview, scroll down in this post just a bit, and peruse the financial data that goes along with this "Great Investment" into Major League Baseball.
Click on the > to hear the interview:
Billionaire Carl Pohlad
Stadium Facts:
Estimated Cost To Date of the New Twins Stadium: $522 Million Dollars
Amount The Twins Organization (e.g. Twins Owner Carl Pohlad) Will Contribute: $130 Million Dollars
Amount Passed On To Hennepin County Taxpayers: $392 Million Dollars from a .03 cent tax on every $20.00 dollars spent in Hennepin County
Estimated Date of Ballpark Completion: 2010
Twins Current Ranking in MLB: 19th out of 30 Teams
Current Twins Payroll: $63 Million Dollars
Public Vote on the Proposed Hennepin County Tax: Denied by the House Tax Committee in a 15-13 Vote.
Estimated Cost to the Twins Lobby Winning their 'No Taxpayer Vote' on The Issue: Priceless. Because they feared, and rightly so, that the voters would never have approved this "taxation without representation" for a BILLIONAIRE owner and MILLIONAIRE players.
All voices, except Baseball Bob, are impersonated. Or...are...they?
©2006
Information Source:
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Credits:
Wheelchair: "South Park's" Timmy character doll
Image of Carl Pohlad: Public Domain
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I agree with all you write. I don't know if the people of Mpls will ever vote out the Liberals who, year after year, think of ways to increase the taxes on people in Mpls and Hennepin County. Both the city and the county certainly seem to be a Liberal Paradise.
I have the sickly feeling that the cost of this stadium boondoggle (after the bill goes through the State House and Senate this week) will ultimately be a tax on EVERYONE in the state.
Yeah, I like professional sports. But I don't care if any prof. team leaves the state because "we" won't pay for their stadium. I don't buy the argument from the Libs that "a prof. sports teams" adds a "quality of life" to the state anymore than the liquor store down the street adds a quality of life.
Actually, the liquor store does add a quality of life...at least mine. My bad...
We all must hold these politicians feet to the fire that insist on spending taxpayer money on stadiums for Billionaires & Millionaires.
Thanks for writing.
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I have the sickly feeling that the cost of this stadium boondoggle (after the bill goes through the State House and Senate this week) will ultimately be a tax on EVERYONE in the state.
Yeah, I like professional sports. But I don't care if any prof. team leaves the state because "we" won't pay for their stadium. I don't buy the argument from the Libs that "a prof. sports teams" adds a "quality of life" to the state anymore than the liquor store down the street adds a quality of life.
Actually, the liquor store does add a quality of life...at least mine. My bad...
We all must hold these politicians feet to the fire that insist on spending taxpayer money on stadiums for Billionaires & Millionaires.
Thanks for writing.
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