Monday, May 22, 2006

New Ballparks

Over the weekend the state legislature approved plans for new Gophers and Twins stadiums. They've both been subject to long long long debates. The Twin's debate was especially lengthy and contentious. The sticking point has been about who will be taxed and what manuevers will allow that taxation to go into place.
Color me as 'against' using public money for sports stadiums. But I'm not really torn up about this. I can think of worse things to spend the money on (light rail in the wrong place). I am excited to see baseball in a new park. The dome is an awful place for baseball. It always seemed that the Twins would be home on the weekend when there was perfect weather. You just can't ask a Minnesotan to put up with six months of winter and then use up a sunny day inside of a teflon bubble.
It's not too late to make funding dependent on a better mascot, is it?

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