Hello Andy: It is an even larger percentage of the St. Paul and Duluth budgets. I believe 16% for St. Paul and 19% for Duluth, 12% Minneapolis.
Ken Bradley Corcoran Neighborhood --- Don Jorovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy writes: > > Thank yourselves for electing Pat Awada over Carol > Johnson. > > Andy Driscoll > Saint Paul > > > Don adds: > > Actually, Minneapolis voters voted by a wide margin > for > Carol Johnson over Pat Awada -- 85,249 to 32,450. > That's > a margin of 72 to 28, although both of the > percentages > would be a little lower if we factored in candidates > who > came in third and fourth. > > But the larger issue here is still relevant -- > electing > Republicans is bad for Minneapolis. Pawlenty and > Awada > come from Eagan, where they don't get as much LGA as > Minneapolis, so they're happy to cut it by 42%. > This > would have a disproportionate impact on Minneapolis. > > In the past, some Republicans have argued on the > list > that the solution is to elect MORE Republicans from > > Minneapolis. I don't buy it. It's like begging for > crumbs. > The solution is to work harder to elect more > Democrats > everywhere, who would in turn have more ability to > fend off these unfortunate proposals. > > Don Jorovsky > New BrightonGet more from the Web. FREE MSN > Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
