But referendums do NOT raise taxes for businesses -- that's one of the tax changes they slipped through the legislature recently. Tax increases from voter referendums only affect residential property! That's why we are seeing the business lobby pushing to keep basic school funding low, and then do a referendum to provide the additional funds that are needed to educate our kids. This has been incredibly successful for them -- look at the number of referendums this fall.
Since businesses have been exempted from paying for referendum levys, it would seem only fair that they ought to stay out of the campaigns for these levys. But that isn't the way it works. Tim Bonham, Ward 12 >This in marked contrast to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce which urged >its membership to >oppose or remain neutral to school referenda this fall. Admittedly, >raising taxes is a tough sell to business interests whose main goal is >to cut taxes. >. . . >Jim Grathwol >MPS Lobbyist _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
