New Vikings Stadium Passes final hurdle

The Vikings stadium passed it's final hurdle this week: getting past the Minneapolis City Council. The Council voted FOR the stadium in a 7-6 vote: this thing passed by the grace of ONE person. That's really interesting to me, because it took so long for this to get through the state legislature. It went back and forth between party lines, the house, the senate AND the governor. All of the issues got worked out over the course of TWO YEARS. And all of that work could have gone straight in the garbage because of a couple of people on the city council, people who had no part in the work that went into the bill (and let's be honest, could have very vocally voiced their opinions during that time) could have completely derailed all of that work. As a Vikings fan, I obviously support this bill. I also understand that there are people who oppose it, and I respect their opinions. That being said, there's a time and a place to oppose a bill that's as giant as this one, and it's not in a city council meeting. It's when the bill is being created, debated and discussed for two years at the capitol. Bravo, Minneapolis city council for passing this bill. But to be honest, it shouldn't have been a city council issue, anyway.