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John Heintz

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commenter for
1 year 16 weeks

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Posted on 06/14/13 at 09:45 am in response to Nice Ride responds to accusations of appalling totalitarianism

If you didn't click through to the video, do yourself a favor and go back and watch it. Funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Especially loved the part when the WSJ editorial board member claimed to be the voice of the people.

Posted on 01/16/13 at 01:04 pm in response to Metro, rural officials squabble over Legacy money for parks

This is a very old and tired argument dating back long before there was Legacy funding to squabble over. I'm an avid user of both city/metro and state parks, live in Minneapolis, and think that my city's and the metro coalition's arguments are self-serving (so are the small rural parks arguments, but that's another story).

Yes, visitation is a factor. But what about the natural resources themselves? Over time the state set up parks around the state to preserve and develop unique...

Posted on 01/11/13 at 11:31 am in response to How the mortgage interest deduction hurts our cities

"The deduction doesn't induce lower-income people to buy homes. If they can't itemize — because the standard deduction is larger than their write-offs — they can't claim it."

They can't claim it before they buy a home. But the interest amount, even for smaller home mortgages, surely is what kicks most people at the margin over the threshhold so that they can start itemizing, especially when coupled with the property tax deduction.

Posted on 02/23/12 at 01:17 pm in response to Sunny winter views around Lake of the Isles

You should look into getting an RSS feed set up for these View Finder stories. Others could grab the feed for display in their RSS readers, or even grab the feed for display on other sites, blogs, etc.