...and Germans drinking beer.
Posted on 07/10/2008 12:40:40 PM PDT by Wheatie09
When Republicans said they were a “big tent” party, city officials in Minneapolis apparently took them literally. With the Republican convention set just across the river in St. Paul for the first week in September, Minneapolis parks officials have hiked their rental prices for large hospitality-style tents from a bargain-basement $50 to a sticker-shocking $10,000 — a 20,000 percent increase, MyFoxTwinCities.com reports. In one city meeting, Minneapolis Parks Superintendent Jon Gurban jokingly referred to the price hikes as a “gold mine” timed to coincide with the presidential nominating event. The board faces a $1 million deficit. “We always like taking some fun pokes at the Republicans,” Gurban told MyFoxTwinCities. Gurban later explained that the city undertook a survey of park fees compared to what other cities were charging, “and we found out that we were grossly underpricing the park system.” “It really is kind of a square-footage fee as much as anything,” Gurban said, noting that the fees also would affect other events that use the city’s large tents, like annual triathalons and hockey tournaments. Gurban, however, said he had not yet heard from the Republican Host Committee, which is planning the convention events, on whether it plans on using any park space in his city.
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Will McCain also choose Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Pawlenty as his VP while in his home state?
I wonder if these libs would charge the Democrats even $50.00 dollars.
The Republicans should have know better than to have their convention in enemy territory.
Boston lost money when the free-loaders hit town in 2004.
Big Tent Republicans ? Oh, goodie. The only things found under big tents are circuses.
Wouldn’t those most likely to use tents in parks be Rat demonstrators?
...and Germans drinking beer.
and Michael Moore.
They may have been, but I bet they aren't now.
BTW, why in the hell are we holding a convention in Hubert Humphreyland ? Minneapolis last elected a GOP Mayor over 50 years ago (about the same time Detroit last did). We ought to be holding it in a more hospitable environment, like Dallas, San Diego or Indianapolis (all of which have GOP Mayors).
Doesn’t Minnesota have a communist government?
The Simpsons did it first in episode [2F17] Radioactive Man:
Kent Brockman delivers a news report.
Kent: With wealthy Hollywood people on the way, local merchants can be forgiven for raising their prices a little.
[at Le Pamperie: “Giant Horrible Toupees: $1000/lb”]
[at Springfield Hardware: “Movie Screws $10”]
[Snake with a sign: “Give me a million dollars or I’ll bash you”]
&
Assistant: [on phone] Oh, here he comes. What is it now, Quimby?
Quimby: Nothing, nothing. Only the, er, city has just passed another tax on puffy directing pants.
Director: [exasperated] But I don’t wear puffy pants!
Quimby: I meant a tax on _not_ wearing puffy pants.
Last GOP Convention was in NYC and that worked out well. ;)
But Saint Paul had 2 pro-Bush Mayors in a row before they elected Chris Coleman. There’s another city across the river, dontcha know.
Of course, NYC had a GOP Mayor (even if just on paper).
Yeah, but we’re not rewarding St. Paul. Our voting strength isn’t in cities, so really, we shouldn’t even be patronizing them with our conventions. They should host a convention at Branson, Missouri. That’s heavily GOP territory.
I wonder if the somali trash who love crapping on everyone up there and getting away with it will love crapping on republicans even more? (Note: proper nouns in the preceding were intentionally not capitalized due to lack of respect for those entities).
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