The NY Observer reported on the 28th that Zygi Wilf has purchased a new apartment on Park Ave in New York City for $19 million. Curbed also reported on it. As of now, no Minnesota newspaper has found this interesting enough to report (BringMeTheNews linked up the Observer piece), which seems strange considering that this [...]
Zygi Wilf wants to build a $1.1 billion stadium with other people’s money. That’s a good deal if you can get it, but not necessarily a good deal for those doing the giving. As of now, the Vikings stadium #wilfare plan seems to involve the state borrowing $650,000,000 on Zygi Wilf’s behalf to build a [...]
Nick Cross captured this amazing shot at Gooseberry Falls earlier this month. Yet another benefit of the state shutdown being over.
Readers of Johnny Northside may be familiar with the damage real estate investors/fraudsters TJ Waconia had on North Minneapolis. The company was involved in a ton of fraudulent real estate transactions where homes were purchased at above their market value and later foreclosed while lots of money was pocketed. This type of fraud involves a [...]
MPR reports on the benefits of the state’s historic preservation tax credit program. This is designed to encourage businesses to rehab older structures rather than tearing them down to rebuild. The state believes they will spend $10 – $12 million/year on this program. Strangely, it’s been 24 hours since that story ran and not one [...]
R.T. Rybak points out on The Mayor Blog that Minneapolis is growing revenue and creating jobs with beer. Among the beer related jobs wins for the city was the 2008 relocation of Minnesota’s largest beer distributor from way out in Arden Hills to the centrally located Mid-City industrial area near I-280 and 35W: J.J. Taylor [...]
Minneapolis city councilperson, Gary Schiff, deserves quite a bit of credit for Minneapolis’ beer business renaissance. For example, Schiff wrote the Brew Beer Here bill (PDF) this summer, which allows growler sales from breweries, which lead to opening of Harriet Brewing on Minnehaha Ave in Longfellow: Ward 9 Council Member Gary Schiff has introduced legislation [...]
The Minnesota Vikings, via their fake grassroots organization Twitter account, explained how they would like to see a replacement stadium funded: Frankly, they don’t seem to care how money is extracted from the public on Zygi Wilf’s behalf. What’s important is that money is redistributed from the public to Zygi Wilf. And, what was @MNMomentum [...]
One of the justifications the Vikings use for their Wilfare demands is that the Vikings don’t make as much money as the Green Bay Packers franchise. I don’t know how things work in your business, but normally a problem like this is solved through private investment rather than the dole, but Zygi ain’t too proud [...]
The StarTribune has an editorial running that suggests business owners and local corporations need to step up their game if they want to see the Vikings in a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis: It’s not just a matter of keeping pace with the competition to the east and the rest of the NFL. Just ask [...]
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