No, this isn’t a joke, this is actually happening. The Minneapolis Park and Rec. Board has raised their rent for a tent from $20-$60 in 2007 to $50 – $10,000 in 2008. Oh, and the $10,000 level gets implemented just in time for the RNC convention.
I heard an interview with the Park Superintendent on TV this evening. If there is a silver lining to this story, it appears no one from the Republican Convention has contacted the Park and Rec. Board to book their lavish tent. Good! I hope they don’t book an event. It will be very interesting to see what the Board’s rates are next year for events like the Gay Pride Festival! I hope that canvas rots in a corner unused!
They’ll donate the tent next year.
Temper, temper. Like any good capitalist knows, you have to shoot when the ducks are flying!
Big G,
No temper, just pointing out how the notion of “gouging” works. I’m all for letting the market decide. The problem is that when govt. or quasi govt. get involved, they want the market to work only the way they decide it should. That was tried and failed. Unfortunately, the folks we’ve elected are smart enough to understand that.