Warroad, Minnesota is Hockeytown, not Detroit.

It is fair to ask. In fact, economists have asked the question over and over and the results typically come back as either neutral or negative. The proposed economic development that is the selling point of these projects almost never materializes.

“As a coach, who’s supposed to be involved in the preparation process, we dropped the ball and so did the players,” Mike Babcock said. “This wasn’t a good enough effort. When you’re getting booed off the ice after the first period, in your own building, the last day before Christmas (break), to me that’s a sad state…

If we are to assume from this article that the diverted school fund tax dollars for 'economic development' are evidence of anything scandalous or unjust, is it fair to ask whether economic development (assuming that as a result we see increases in property values, business growth, etc) indirectly contributes to the…

Does Wrigley not make a profit for its owners?

Great article. The hypocrisy and the corruption reeks at all facets of incompetent government. Can't wait until Los Angeles gets a football team, so every welfare queen NFL owner can stop threatening to move here. Why does any multi-national corporation need tax subsidies? I thought theirs was the party that believed…

I know you're one of those who thinks if he stands up against the oppression of the rich guys like this and Donald Trump you might someday get to join their club, but step back. Dude's got a million titles. He's wealthy. He is a rich guy with a bunch of titles. It's not disparaging to write that instead of "Peter…

Readers deserve an explanation. This is the cereal discussion we had before Marchman went rogue.

A brother can't get credit for shit around here.

I especially liked the ending, where they stopped playing hockey for a skills competition to determine who wins. They should definitely replicate that in other sports, too.

hey am i a complete weirdo that i don't listen to music while i run? I find that I run best when I just let my mind wander and that when I listen to music it drowns out all other thought besides "holy crap, running sucks"

This is bullshit. How can a bear who ate a bicycle riding monkey be the Bear of the Year? That's a terrible bear. The Bear of the Year should be a good bear.

I should note that when our exchange was done and I thanked Sheffied for his time, his last response was "Yap yap."

Forget the DIA for a second and imagine the post-bankrupt Detroit. Fundamentally, it won't be different. The city doesn't have a redesigned Chevy Malibu and a new Buick lineup to help it boost sales. Detroit will remain a city of 700,000 mostly working poor or impoverished residents. All the fancy new development is…

I had one of me giving an appraiser two middle fingers but my business partner said I am not allowed to post it.

It's a stretch, but I see DWSD possibly being used as leverage. That is, the city telling the suburbs to lobby rich donors to chip in to Rosen's chest, or they'll flip the utility to a private donor — likely bringing an absurd increased in water rates. I dunno.

The paintings only carve a little piece off the debt-load, though. You're slinging $500 million of art to (hopefully) clear the books, yet even then, the city still has a shitload of debt to handle. Unless Orr wants to unload some donated works, and deal with the subsequent court fight, I don't see anything happening…

.GIFs to prove a point? Well now you're posting like a real Gawker commenter.

I think the idea that the city could directly seize revenue from the counties is what has them running for the hills on the DIA millage.

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