The only official on camera was Robert Olson trying to explain it and finally said, "You're asking the wrong person that question." ----------------------------- Actually, I think the wrong question was being asked. A more interesting question would be, "Where has all of the money gone?"
According to the Minneapolis budget, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/city-budget/2002adopted/Section3.pdf, Fire counts for 3% (up $3.4 million from 2001), and Police count for 8% (up $1.8 million from 2001) of the budget for 2002. The state provided $151 million to Mpls (down $2 million from 2001) and the feds provided $39.2 million (up 0.5 million from 2001). Now if you are still with me that is a $5.2 million spending increase on Fire and Police in 2002 coupled with a net $1.5 million loss of revenue from the state and feds. Finally, the total revenue from all sources for Mpls was $1,283.7 million (up $199.7 million) in 2002. I will leave it up to you to figure out where all of your money was spent, but I'm not buying it when some try to blame the state and federal governments for all of Mpls' money woes. I welcome all corrections or clarifications to the numbers I have referenced. Tom Searles Waconia, Twp. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
