February 19, 2004
St. Paul mayor: Oh, fine, go ahead and vote
St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly now says he's okay with a public referendum on a bar and restaurant sales-tax hike to help fund a $520 million stadium for the Minnesota Twins, but his staff doesn't sound too happy about it. "We understand the reality is that with so many people up for re-election, the chances of it coming out of the Legislature without a referendum are very, very slim," said deputy mayor Dennis Flaherty. "We're not going to make an issue of it." Perhaps one reason for the mayor's reticence on a referendum - which is required by state law - is that the last public vote in St. Paul in 1999 overwhelmingly rejected a stadium sales tax hike.
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