Joe Doakes from Como Park writes:<\/p>\n
We must knock down a warehouse to build a ballpark<\/a> for the St. Paul Saints and also give $200,000 to artists to decorate the empty Union Station<\/a>. Because it\u2019s too expensive not to.<\/p>\n
Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful if we could afford to let some developer convert the warehouse into condo lofts, leave the Saints in their existing ballpark and allow travelers to enjoy the classic beauty of the station as-is? I\u2019d be willing to spring for that. How much would that cost?<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To the Minnesota bureaucrat, spending itself is both beautiful and efficient. \u00a0Or something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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