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Frank Germann      Response 4

Question 4: Specifically, how much money is it worth to keep the Twins baseball franchise in Minnesota, and what will you do as governor regarding the public financing of sports arenas?

The people of the state of Minnesota have demonstrated repeatedly that
they do not want taxpayer funding of a baseball stadium.  I resent
having the media continue bringing this up.  If the Twins want to go, they
should go.  If they want to stay, they should stay.  If they stay, they
should pay for their own stadium.  The Libertarian party has been in the
forefront of the effort to shoot down any public (tax) funding of the
stadium.  This is a dead issue.  As governor, I will veto any public
financing of sports stadiums or arenas.