Give Eden Prairie Residents a Choice in $20 Million Aquatics Center Spending
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Shari Gardner
12 years ago
The pool expansion seems to benefit a small amount if the city residents; Foxjets. If the city has an extra $20m lying around it could be put to better use. The EPCC was upgraded once already. Referendum!
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Bob Cody
12 years ago
The city wants to spend 20 million dollars on a new aquatics center and yet calls it a "tax neutral situation". That might be true only for someone not living in Eden Prairie.
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Ralph teschner
12 years ago
This level of taxation is beyond the representation level of City Council members.
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Theodore Pegram
12 years ago
Enough is enough, no more taxes. This should be a private sector enterprise. What is the city gov't doing in this busines anyway?
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Joni Teschner
12 years ago
Let the taxpayers vote!
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Ken Hartman
12 years ago
The council has not earned the right to spend our money without our voice.
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Lili Hartman
12 years ago
City council members seem to be driven by their own desire for ego-achievement and legacy rather than giving the people of Eden Prairie the opportunity to vote.
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Dale Johnson
12 years ago
I am tired of the government spending money that is not theirs in the first place without the approval of the people for a select few!
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Ronald Loi
12 years ago
We deserve a vote.
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Norma Beasant
12 years ago
I don´t use pools; I vote No.
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Scott Leverenz
12 years ago
We the taxpayers deserve a vote on this. This project is for the new, not the majority. Who's special interest do we have here?
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Sumner Jones
12 years ago
Government by the people...
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Cheryl Legan
12 years ago
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Finding a way to slip over $19 million dolloars into our debt without voter approval is unethical. This is why people distrust government. Whether we approve or disapprove of the pool expansion, we deserve the right to vote.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
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EP residents are paying off the debt approved in the 2005 refendum for the Community Center, parks, and trails. The city should not continue to collect these taxes without another referendum approving the proposed $20 million in spending.
The pool expansion seems to benefit a small amount if the city residents; Foxjets. If the city has an extra $20m lying around it could be put to better use. The EPCC was upgraded once already. Referendum!
The city wants to spend 20 million dollars on a new aquatics center and yet calls it a "tax neutral situation". That might be true only for someone not living in Eden Prairie.
This level of taxation is beyond the representation level of City Council members.
Enough is enough, no more taxes. This should be a private sector enterprise. What is the city gov't doing in this busines anyway?
Let the taxpayers vote!
The council has not earned the right to spend our money without our voice.
City council members seem to be driven by their own desire for ego-achievement and legacy rather than giving the people of Eden Prairie the opportunity to vote.
I am tired of the government spending money that is not theirs in the first place without the approval of the people for a select few!
We deserve a vote.
I don´t use pools; I vote No.
We the taxpayers deserve a vote on this. This project is for the new, not the majority. Who's special interest do we have here?
Government by the people...
Finding a way to slip over $19 million dolloars into our debt without voter approval is unethical. This is why people distrust government. Whether we approve or disapprove of the pool expansion, we deserve the right to vote.
EP residents are paying off the debt approved in the 2005 refendum for the Community Center, parks, and trails. The city should not continue to collect these taxes without another referendum approving the proposed $20 million in spending.