Though it may not surprise many, Taxpayer League of Minnesota president Phil Krinkie is no fan of the Senate's decision to hold two public hearings on a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings. "Stupid," replied Krinkie. The Senate will hold stadium public hearings on Nov. 29 and Dec. 6, although there is not yet a formal plan or legislation detailing how the public should help pay for the Vikings' $1.1 billion stadium proposal or where the stadium should be built. The Vikings, who have committed $407 million to the project, want the stadium built in Ramsey County's Arden Hills. Stadium supporters, including Gov. Mark Dayton, endorsed the hearings, saying they would help push the stadium debate forward. "All you're going to get is a bunch of emotional, and questionable, information," said Krinkie who, as a state legislator, presided as the House Taxes Committee chair when a public subsidy package for a new Minnesota Twins stadium won legislative approval. "Unless you have a specific proposal on the table that lays out the financing, lays out the operation [of the stadium] and lays out the terms, what's the point?" said Krinkie, an opponent of public subsidies for stadiums. "Holding hearings without any specifics on the table – totally useless," he added.