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2005 House Bill 2505 (Renaming the TwinsBaseball Team the "Hennepin County Twins")

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  • Introduced by Rep. Ann Lenczewski on May 6, 2005, to rename the Minnesota Twins the Hennepin County Twins if local Hennepin County sales taxes are approved for financing a new baseball stadium.
    • Referred to the House Taxes Committee on May 6, 2005.

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Introduced by Rep. Ann Lenczewski on May 6, 2005. New Comment

1) Pohland $pdnd$ $6 Mill on Jewelry Biz & Taxpayers Buy His Stadium [by Anonymous Citizen on May 5, 2007]
This is indeed taxation without representation. Carl "Polecat" Pohlad finds $6 million to buy out Hudson Jewelers. And we taxpayers have to pay for his new Minnesota Twins Stadium! There should have been a special taxpayer ballot. If there were, the new stadium would have been defeated because 75 percent of the voters DON'T want it!

The county commissioners should be investigated. However government is so corrupt that this may not happen.

This calls for a revolt by the taxpayers. I refuse to spend any tax monies from now on for anything goods or services other than what I essentially need. That's the only immediate revolt I have.
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2) Pohland $pdnd$ $6 Mill on Jewelry Biz & Taxpayers Buy His Stadium [by Anonymous Citizen on May 5, 2007]
This is indeed taxation without representation. Carl "Polecat" Pohlad finds $6 million to buy out Hudson Jewelers. And we taxpayers have to pay for his new Minnesota Twins Stadium! There should have been a special taxpayer ballot. If there were, the new stadium would have been defeated because 75 percent of the voters DON'T want it!

The county commissioners should be investigated. However government is so corrupt that this may not happen.

This calls for a revolt by the taxpayers. I refuse to spend any tax monies from now on for anything goods or services other than what I essentially need. That's the only immediate revolt I have.
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3) Amazed [by Anonymous Citizen on April 29, 2006]
I am amazed that while we are loosing manufacturing jobs by the dozens because companies cannot compete in this state due to high taxes, now our fine legislature wants to add more taxes by adding a Twins Stadium. We have got to be coming closer to taxpayer revolt.
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