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COLEMAN PUSHES FOR SALES TAX -- AND NEW OWNERS -- FOR TWINS

          St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman has "proposed doubling the
     St. Paul sales tax to put the Twins in a new stadium in or
     near downtown," according to Rybin & Kahn of the ST. PAUL
     PIONEER PRESS.  Should supporters of an open-air stadium
     receive 5,000 signatures on a petition to begin circulation 
     Tuesday, voters on November 2 will "be asked to approve a
     half-percent sales increase in the present city sales tax." 
     The tax would raise an "estimated" $10M a year, which would
     go toward a 30-year, $100M loan for the city's one-third
     share of the stadium.  If approved, Coleman "will need
     approval from the Legislature," and he admitted the effort
     is "a long shot -- 5 to 1, 10 to 1 against.  There are so
     many hills to climb, but I don't know another path." 
     Coleman added that "he has been talking to potential new
     owners" of the Twins, and "hopes investors other than the
     Pohlad family will buy half or more of the team" in the
     upcoming months (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 6/13).  In
     Minneapolis, Diaz & Duchschere wrote that the Twins were
     non-committal to Coleman's effort, and issued a statement
     that stated while they support Coleman's "efforts to put the
     ballpark to a ballot test," they will "continue to listen to
     ...  Minneapolis or any others who come forward."  Also, 
     the Minneapolis City Council "refused to refer" Mayor Sharon
     Sayles Belton's proposal for a Hennepin County sales tax to
     fund a new ballpark to committee (STAR TRIBUNE, 6/12).

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