The nice thing about gambling is that it makes a community a ton of money with no downside. Right? Well,…
Month: October 2011
Ed’s Projects
Back on October 14th, I did a run through the Standish Neighborhood of South Minneapolis on 32nd and 33rd Avenues…
Ed’s Projects
Carly and I ran the southern sections of Emerson and Dupont Avenues from just north of the Crosstown up to…
Ed’s Projects
Carly and I ran through across NE Minneapolis starting behind the Quarry on 19th Ave NE at Stinson back on…
Ed’s Projects
Based on Zygi Wilf's current dream of building a publicly subsidized 21,000 car parking lot in Arden Hills, after his…
Ed’s Projects
Neil deMause is the author of Field of Schemes, a great book for anyone interested in learning about the history…
Fiscally Conservative Opinions on Vikings Stadium Financing
Captain Capitalism’s commenters are tearing the Vikings’ plan to extract $650,000,000 from the public a new one from a fiscally…
Do the Minnesota Vikings Realize that They Are Asking for the Most Public Money in NFL History?
Here is an interesting excerpt from the Pioneer Press’ coverage of the Vikings’ lack of interest in being given dozens…
Comparing the Vikings Stadium Boondoggle to the Hiawatha LRT
One common justification of wasting $650,000,000 in borrowed public money on an unnecessary NFL stadium (and 21,000 car parking lot)…
Run Minneapolis: Northrup, Field, Hale Neighborhoods
Carly and I toured both sides of Minnehaha Creek near Lake Nokomis on the 22nd for a 5 miler starting…