is the reason there are no businesses in Saint Paul <\/strong>“negatively impacts the mobility, safety, and access to the businesses that do so much to grow our community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nI have some thoughts on this- <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A) Does repair roads mean automatic bike lane on any street that this money touches for repair? Because that has been the norm lately, despite what businesses were asking for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Saint Pauli has one huge advantage in this area: it has Minneapolis next door. If it’s just a little <\/em>less crazy than Minneapolis, it flies under the radar. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSo. yes – I’m sure there will be bike lanes on any street this money touches. But fire hydrants won’t be replaced by EV charging stations [1]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
See how that works?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nB) Before we go with the 1% sales tax, can we tax and charge all of those multi-unit apartment buildings more if they aren’t adding adequate parking for their tenets? The street parking definitely has an affect on the condition of the streets all year, but especially during snow plowing season.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe city’s mission to make driving an untenable lifestyle choice is proceeding according to pan. . But I can totally see the city taxing multi-unit buildingis 1% more if they have inadequate parking. And 5% if they have adequate <\/em>parking. Because that sends the right message…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nC) As for the actual 1% sales tax, sadly, I’m trying to figure out how this will actually affect me since most of the business that I used to support in Saint Paul have already been chased away.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nI’m trying to remember the last time I went to a Saint Paul business that isn’t a restaurant. It’s probably been a few years since I even bought non-Asian groceries here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
[1] Minneapolis hasn’t actually done this yet. Just wait. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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