Next Monday (Dec 9th) the City of Minneapolis is holding a "Truth in Taxation Hearing" at City Hall.
The City has its budget document on its web site. It's long, really long. I found this comment on page 23 of the section on property taxes rather interesting: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/city-coordinator/finance/services-budget/docs/budgetbook2003/Section3.pdf "In order to continue to fund all that the City does and pay off its debts (both internal and external), it is estimated that the property tax revenues collected by the City would have to triple by 2010. (this increase does not include revenue to do new things - these amounts reflect current commitments for current programs only). This level of increase is not an option. The City's policy-makers are working to make important decisions to balance priorities of infrastructure investments, parks and recreation, public safety and library services" I would disagree with the statement that the "level of increase is not an option". The city needs to change the way it does business to avoid taxes tripling over the next 10 years. By the way the phone number of your City Council rep is 612-673-22xx where the xx is you two digit ward number (ie if you live in the 2nd ward call 612-673-2202) Terrell Brown Shy, quiet guy in Loring Park terrell at terrellbrown dot org http://www.skywaynews.net/display/inn_voices/voices01.txt __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
