Stadium thread

[dead_poet]

No need to hold back now. Time to contact those legislators. Monday's vote is crucial. It's time to rally and get your voice heard.

http://www.vikings.com/stadium/index.html

http://www.vikings.com/stadium/index.html

[mefford76]

at least minnesotans are getting the vote they deserve. it will be free agency for the vikings next year. i give them a 25% chance of winning that race.

[PurpleKoolaid]

I wonder if the Repubs holding this up now really think they wont get elected next year based on thier vote for a new stadium. Do they think the people that voted for them before will vote Dem next time? Do they want to go down as the idiots that didnt keep the vikings here and they ened up losing their job? Or dont they think at all this effing close to their vacation time and want to get to their lake house? Politics make me want to hurl.

[Mothman]

An AP story about the current state of things and Monday's pending vote:

http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Vote ... 050312?t=2

As dead_poet said, now is the time to take contact your legislators and let them know you want them to vote for the stadium.

Keep the Vikes in Minnesota!

[dead_poet]

Q&A With Lester Bagley: "We need our fans right now"
http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/QA_w ... _now050412

[dead_poet]

Dayton predicts stadium bill will pass 68-65 in House, 34-33 in Senate.

RT by Tom Pelissero

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Kind of counting the chickens before they hatch. But hopefully he knows something. That's a pretty narrow margin.

[PurpleKoolaid]

I just heard that the most Dem votes they think they can get to approve this on Monday is 7? WTF is going on?

[VikingLord]

@PatKessler: Zellers says that w/o a public referendum he cannot support #Vikings stadium bill.
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@PatKessler: Zellers: "The fate of the stadium is now in the governor's hands." Says its up to Dayton to find enough votes to pass.

Pat Kessler WCCO on Twitter

So Zellers is what passes for a "leader" these days... What a sad state of affairs.

There was a public referendum on these sorts of issues. It's called an election. The public elected people who said they wanted to lead, and leaders need to make sometimes tough choices and take hard positions on things that the general public might not understand or fully appreciate. The bottom line is that government has always and will always (and in fact must always) dole out public monies that don't necessarily benefit everyone who pays in. That's just the reality of managing a large enterprise like a state. Zellers must know this, and the fact he's publicly absconding his responsibility to get on the horse he said he wanted to ride is a shame. I hope whoever voted this guy in votes him out regardless of his stance on the stadium or the bill. This has been on the table in one form or another for almost a decade now. Take a stand. Lead or get out of the way. I love how he shifts the responsibility to Dayton and his minority party.

[HardcoreVikesFan]

Well I am a student at Iowa, and from South Dakota, not to mention it is finals week, so there is not too much action I can undertake. I just hope that the people of MInnesota realize what is at stake and support a stadium. I realize it is easy for me as an out-of-stater to sit here and say the people of Minnesota need to support a stadium. However, if I was a resident, I would for sure be behind the stadium effort 100%.

[PurpleKoolaid]

He can't pull anyone to the middle that is refusing to be pulled to the middle. Not only will they not move toward the middle, they go further to the right as the thing moves forward just to spite it!

Whats with you always backing Dayton? All he had to do was sign the tax relief bill, which he SAID he would, and then backed out of it. EVERY politian in this state care about themselves, thats it. Dayton isnt a saint dude.

[Demi]

Whats with you always backing Dayton? All he had to do was sign the tax relief bill, which he SAID he would, and then backed out of it. EVERY politian in this state care about themselves, thats it. Dayton isnt a saint dude.

Because he's the only person trying to get this thing done. And going out of his way to do it.

[thatguy]

Call and email your house reps and senators this weekend!

[PurpleMustReign]

Call and email your house reps and senators this weekend!

Done!!

Is there anything out of state people like yourself, Jim, DP, etc, can do?

[dead_poet]

Done!!

Is there anything out of state people like yourself, Jim, DP, etc, can do?

You mean besides drink and pray?

[PurpleMustReign]

You mean besides drink and pray?

LOL, right...