State Senator Sean Nienow is my new hero (this week). He is introducing a bill to delay the build of the Vikings Stadium until the state of MN can get their act together and find the funding that was promised from the failed electronic pull tabs.
Delay Vikings Stadium Build
Finally someone in congress with some common sense 
or someone who came up with the latest scheme to get re-elected & not really caring & knowing there is a snowballs chance in he77 of getting done. (yes I am a cynic when it comes to politicians)… how did he vote on the stadium proposal in the first place ??? 
He voted NO
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/151059635.html?refer=y
and during debate, he stated what now seems to be a prophetic
“If you DO NOT support using General Fund money for stadium construction, you CAN NOT vote for this bill. WHEN this doesn’t work, it’s money right out our schools and healthcare.”
I agree, someone with sense. I’m in a club that has pulltabs and here is what I know.
1. the bars we have don’t want them, right now we are allow to pay the bars 20% of proceeds for rent, the electronic game is limited to 15%.
2. more work for the gambling manager, instead of having to deposit the money 4 days after the game is pulled, its reduced to every 2 days.
3. more work for the bartender, run the credit card, hand the machine out, take the machine back, charge it… not just take some cash and hand over tickets.
4 The bars need Internet, which none of ours do.
These morons “thought” the tax they take in was going to darn near double from what it was the last few years… WTF
Face it.. there was NO WAY the stadium was not going to pass, so they just made stuff up….. go figure???
Oh poopie. 
What a blunder. Dayton should be thrown out of office for this. I’m all for renegotiating the stadium deal. But if this “Postponement” goes through, the NFL and the Wilf’s will sue this state into bankrupsy and win. The end result will make the original deal look cheap. 
-J.
I am with G on this one. Nothing will happen with this. They will do what politicians do best, feign shock, blame others and kick the can down the road. Oh I forgot. They will also blame the other party.
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What a blunder. Dayton should be thrown off a bridge for this. I’m all for renegotiating the stadium deal. But if this “Postponement” goes through, the NFL and the Wilf’s will sue this state into bankrupsy and win. The end result will make the original deal look cheap.
-J.
Desperado offers a subtle but significant amendment to the JJ proposal
Does Minnesota have the recall rule like Wisconsin? They did that last year to try and get a different Governor.
I have this feeling, that because of the recent purchase of two large Hotels by the Casinos in downtown St.Paul, and the current stadium funding issues. There could be some back door negotiations that will bind these two situations.
If I remember correctly, there was an agreement between the state of MN, and the Mystic lake Casino, that eliminates the possibility of a State run Casino in the Metropolitan area.
It seems to me that, that agreement laid the ground work and opens up the possibility of the Native Americans opening one or maybe two casinos here in the cities.
So my wondering eyes see Two casinos in play here for the Twin Cities. One would apease the Mystic Lake Casino in MPLS, and the other would apease the Mille Lacs band in St. Paul.
Food for Thought anyways.
SO maybe they can move it to Arden Hills too
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SO maybe they can move it to Arden Hills too
Or LA. 
or North Korea.
(Lord forgive me for that.)
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or North Korea.
(Lord forgive me for that.)
aw screw ’em, that was funny
ah doan care who y’are that’s some funny stuff raught thar
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I have this feeling, that because of the recent purchase of two large Hotels by the Casinos in downtown St.Paul, and the current stadium funding issues. There could be some back door negotiations that will bind these two situations.
If I remember correctly, there was an agreement between the state of MN, and the Mystic lake Casino, that eliminates the possibility of a State run Casino in the Metropolitan area.
It seems to me that, that agreement laid the ground work and opens up the possibility of the Native Americans opening one or maybe two casinos here in the cities.
So my wondering eyes see Two casinos in play here for the Twin Cities. One would apease the Mystic Lake Casino in MPLS, and the other would apease the Mille Lacs band in St. Paul.
Food for Thought anyways.
that was my first thoughts also when i read the tribes bought 2 hotels in the cities. THEY BEST NOT BE ALLOWED TO PUT A CASINO INSIDE THEM!!!!!!
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or North Korea.
(Lord forgive me for that.)
HA. But somebody tell me this.. Why is it so easy for people to hate on the Vikings but everyone loves the WILD. I think hockey is dumb,, and people that like it are dumb too 
. But I don’t bash them. (all asside from the each taxpayer having to put in 18cents of their own money for the stadium).
What’s a “wild”?
I’ve been a vikings fan since ’69. They are such easy targets to make fun of….have you ever seen such a bumbling team?? 4 SB losses, 41 doughnut, forgetting their turn in the draft, the love boat, 12 men in the huddle, troy williamson, need I go on??
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I’ve been a vikings fan since ’69. They are such easy targets to make fun of….have you ever seen such a bumbling team?? 4 SB losses, 41 doughnut, forgetting their turn in the draft, the love boat, 12 men in the huddle, troy williamson, need I go on??
I guess so.. Same reason why I think the Goofers are a joke too.
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Does Minnesota have the recall rule like Wisconsin? They did that last year to try and get a different Governor.
How did that work out.
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I’ve been a vikings fan since ’69. They are such easy targets to make fun of….have you ever seen such a bumbling team?? 4 SB losses, 41 doughnut, forgetting their turn in the draft, the love boat, 12 men in the huddle, troy williamson, need I go on??
I see what you did there 
Minnesota is the state of hockey. That’s why everyone loves the “Goofers” and the wild. Its more action than watching the twins lose 100 games.
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HA. But somebody tell me this.. Why is it so easy for people to hate on the Vikings but everyone loves the WILD. I think hockey is dumb,, and people that like it are dumb too
You just did.
Hockey = fun to watch
Football = Green Bay is always better
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What’s a “wild”?
You are dead to me.
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What’s a “wild”?
an evening in Tijuana 
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Nothing will happen with this. They will do what politicians do best, feign shock, blame others and kick the can down the road. Oh I forgot. They will also blame the other party.
This stadium deal is turning into a real Sh$% Show
I honestly can’t say I’m surprised though
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This stadium deal is turning into a real Sh$% Show
I honestly can’t say I’m surprised though
“Turning into” a real $h!t show ?
or
Now being “exposed as” the poop pile that it has been since the get go?
They should contact the White Earth Indians.
Didn’t they offer to build the Vikings a stadium for a block E casino.
Let the gamblers of the state pay for it, I’ll go fishing. 
Casino in Mpls
Stadium in Mahnomen
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