Judith Yates Borger writes: "Although police and fire make up 55 percent of the city's $260 million general fund, they are being cut significantly less than most other city departments. That's because the council has set the core services of police, fire and public works as the highest budget priority."
Vicky wonders: How many sets of books does Minneapolis have? When we meet with Standard & Poors - we're rich! When we meet with the legislature - we're poor! In the 2003 Truth in Taxation budget - Police and Fire are 12% of the total In the General Fund (above, what year?) - Police and Fire are 55% of the total I have looked at fifty different financial reports - none of them match! Could we pick ONE and stick to it! Then maybe we could get our property tax statements to conform too: Now that would be Truth in Taxation!!!!!! Vicky Heller, Cedar-Riverside and North Oaks 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
