{"id":76345,"date":"2021-01-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76345"},"modified":"2021-01-03T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T14:07:41","slug":"exactly-as-predicted-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76345","title":{"rendered":"Shot In The Dark<\/i>: Today’s News, Delivered In 2013. As Usual."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remember when “Electronic Pull Tabs” were going to get the taxpayer off the hook for paying for Zygi Wilf’s big real-estate upgrade? Yeah, someone pointed out that that was baked monkey doodle<\/a>, and it wasn’t someone with a tin “Journalist” badge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Minneapolis and Minnesota government has been busy rationalizing riots and carnage in nursing homes lately, so the ongoing – and utterly predictable disaster – of the Vikings Stadium has slipped from the headlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, as predicted, Minneapolis is going to be going to the state taxpayer because it just can’t afford to pay for Helga Braid Nation’s entertainment anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, now that the city\u2019s first debt payment of $17 million is about to be due, DFL state Rep. Mohamud Noor says his city can\u2019t pay, according to the Minneapolis\/St. Paul Business Journal.<\/p>

Noor, who was recently appointed chair of the House Workforce and Business Development Committee, said the coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible for his city to afford the stadium.<\/p>

\u201cThat was then<\/strong>,\u201d he said, speaking on the payment deal Minneapolis signed eight years ago, \u201cthis is now. We\u2019ve got a global pandemic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you recall, the city was on the hook forl about 13% of the cost of the stadium<\/a> – about $150 million (emphasis added by me):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who’s got two thumbs, writes a blog and hosts a weeken talk show and predicted this about the time the stadium opened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just kind of surprised that they\u2019re taking this approach,\u201d remarked Republican state Sen. Julie Rosen, according to the Star Tribune. \u201cIt [the original agreement] was a very good deal for Minneapolis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Arguing economics, finance or logic with the Minneapolis City Council is a little like arguing hip-hop technique with Mitch McConnell. Neither party is equipped to play the game. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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