--- Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Commentary: Essential services will continue to disappear and > property > taxes will continue to increase UNTIL MINNEAPOLIS VOTERS pay > attention to > the cash hemorrhage being perpetuated downtown at City Hall. > > Weren't we told that all of this new publicly financed development > (more > than $500 million worth over the past several years) was going to > increase > our tax base? What happened to all of the new tax revenue? > Minneapolis > can't even fund its pensions.
[TB] I think Minneapolis voters have paid attention to what is referred to as "the cash hemorrhage being perpetuated downtown at City Hall" That is a big part of why Sharon Sayles Belton, Jackie Cherryhomes and Joan Campbell no longer have offices in City Hall. When RT Rybak ran for Mayor he made a big issue of that, as you may recall the election for Mayor that year wasn't particularly close, most of the members of the Council would have liked to have won by the margin that he did. To his credit, Rybak developed a long term financial plan. While projects, such as Target, may have added to the tax base the added taxes don't go into the general fund until the bonds are paid off. You may remember that discussion from the last Mayor's race. As for the pensions, that predates SSB, it likely predates Don Fraser. All the current folks at City Hall are doing is paying for it, they certainly didn't create it. Terrell Brown Loring Park 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
