Minnesota State Representative Phyllis Kahn, D-Looney Bin, has a long and rich history of Marxism and elitism in her 30+ year history of representing her district. She and other residents of Nicollet Island in Minneapolis get sweetheart property tax deals on their houses, yet they oppose letting DeLaSalle High School, which has been on the island for over 100 years, predating most of the "historic" houses, build a ball field on a dirt patch next to the school, saying that a field would be "inappropriate" for the historic area. Never mind that the school has offered to let the community use the field, or that Kahn and others continually moan about the childhood obesity "epidemic", they don't want noisy kids having fun in their backyard.
Kahn thinks that 12-year-olds aren't old enough to drink, smoke, or sign contracts, but should be allowed to vote, as she feels that they are underrepresented in the Legislature, not understanding the fact that minor children don't have a lot of rights in anything, which is why they have parents to make those decisions for them.
Most disturbingly, Kahn apparently also feels that Minnesota residents don't need to see other points of view than hers and her party's, as she was caught red-handed stealing a Republican candidate's campaign literature from houses, replacing them with literature from the candidate she was campaigning for. After being charged with theft, she pleaded guilty and paid a fine, but didn't even have the guts to show up in court herself to take her medicine, letting her lawyer enter her plea for her. Courts are for the peasants, you know.
Obviously, Ms. Kahn is in the news again today, or I wouldn't be writing about her. She has decided that if you want plastic surgery, then you have too much money. To that end, she has introduced legislation that would make plastic and cosmetic procedures subject to Minnesota's sales tax.
"Anybody who has the money for plastic surgery can afford to pay the tax, said Kahn, DFL- Minneapolis. "
It doesn't matter to her one whit if one has been saving for years to correct an unsightly bump, or is attempting to improve one's appearance in the hope of landing a better job. If this is what you want to spend your money on, then to her you have too much of it, and she wants to get her greedy claws on some more.
Judging from a picture of Ms. Kahn from the Minnesota Daily,
it's easy to see that she believes that improving one's appearance is frivolous, but of course, in a free society, what one does to one's appearance should be none of her business. She should really cut down on her social engineering attempts, but we all know that's not going to happen.
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Your statement about the taxes on Nicollet Island is false and defamatory. For accurate information, contact the Mpls. City Assessor.
The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, Sierra Club, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Park Service, Friends of the Mississippi River, and other historical and environmental groups oppose the DeLaSalle stadium. ACLU-MN says it's "uniquely unconstitutional".
http://www.behindthemortgage.com/behind_the_mortgage/2006/01/nicollet_island.html
Quote from the above link:
"the homeowners DO pay taxes, but for some reason they are just not listed on the Hennepin County tax info page. Sure enough, a search of all property tax records for Nicollet Island turns up not a single tax bill, not even for Rep. Khan [sic]."
That's awfully convenient, don't you think? How come everyone else in the county is listed, except for them? If these professional real estate guys can't get to the bottom of it, that sends alarm bells off in my head.
Why, also, would anyone possibly care what the ACLU says about a property dispute? What does "uniquely unconstitutional" mean, anyway? Is that like the State Fair Board justifying putting up their non-compliant signs banning guns by declaring that they're a "quasi-public" entity, even though they're entirely public?
Your comments are welcome here, in any event, but please note that anonymous posting is given less weight here than people that are willing to put their names on their ideas. This isn't exactly Deep Throat material.
Just to clarify, by "anonymous" I mean using the default anonymous tag. Using a pseudonym is fine, that way I can actually have a dialog with a person, instead of 15 different "Anonymous" tags getting everyone all confused. I don't want to know your real name, but I would appreciate being able to call you SOMETHING.
I'll be Anonymous #1 so you can keep track.
Not everything on the Internet is true, and not everything that's true is on the Internet. You can believe what you want, or you can make the extra effort and get the facts, before posting. The choice is yours.
The City Assessor's office certainly knows about the Island taxes, and why they're not on the web. Their number is 612-673-2382.
The ACLU is concerned because DeLaSalle would receive public park land that cost over $1 million in 1985 (close to $2 million in today's dollars). In return, DeLaSalle would provide "approximately" 350 hours of field time and 150 hours of gym time to the Minneapolis Park Board. The value of this time is not equal to the value of the land. The deal amounts to a large gift to DeLaSalle.
Anonymous #1 said:
"The City Assessor's office certainly knows about the Island taxes, and why they're not on the web. Their number is 612-673-2382."
You're right. I will call them myself and check it out. Thanks for the info.
I will also drive down and take a look at the disputed property for myself, and take some pictures, so that everyone can see what we are talking about. Every thing that I have read or heard leads me to believe that the value of the land is nowhere near millions, and that the land is not currently used for anything. I might have to wait for the snow to melt!!
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