“Hennepin County commissioners voted for the tax in their County. Hennepin County Commissioners could have had a vote of Hennepin County residents to approve the tax but they didn’t.”
You are correct any many of us are wondering just what if anything one or two Hennepin County Commissioners worked out with the Billionaire that caused them to vote for a tax on their citizens for him.
The bottom line is that any society can handle only so much in tax before it has a negative impact to all. It is Governments reponsibility to measure it, assess it, and spend it for the greatest good while being constrained by the fact a society can only allocate so much for taxes. Hennepin County squandered a fortune in tax on a stadium few wanted. The fact every poll showed overwhelming REJECTION of spending tax money for the stadium was the reason these Commissioners REFUSED to allow a referendum.
To repeat: what did they (Commissioners) get out of it?
Minneapolis and Hennepin County are a world of their own when it comes to politics and corruption.