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Minneapolis shows the
results of a high-tax, high-service city....
That's right. Minneapolis' population is 1.3 times larger than ours,
the average homeowner pays about 1.6 times more in property taxes
Downtown properties pay a FAR larger percentage of the tax bill in
Minneapolis
Where is Vickie when we need her...yes, I do miss her.
I don't believe we have anything to crow about in Minneapolis in comparsion
to
Saint Paul...except for the fact.... NOT raising taxes will bankrupt a city
or as California
found out..a state. Saint Paul's streets are maintained as well as ours
summer and winter.
The police seem to be more visible...but then I AM comparing that to
Nokomis! I believe
they do a better job in bringing extra funds to the Foundation than
Minneapolis.
They have done a great job on building infrastructure the past few years.
Love those
bridges.
Saint Paul's education budget is 573 million...has decreased only 65 million
in past
6 years. They have 6,700 employees...
Minneapolis serves 49,000 students, has 8,000 employees...the education
budget
is $600 million...has been decreased by 185 million in one year along with
the
loss of 14 million in revenue for 2004-5 for declining enrollment. We have
a budget
of only 27 million more than Saint Paul with Minneapolis having a 1.3
million more in
population which surely includes a kid or two.
We pay a lot more for govenment since they are part-time council..we have
full time
with plenty of staff making big bucks. Their library board consists of
members of the
City Council, we appoint two members to be on the board to represent the
Mayor and Council.
It looks like they did some major triming in the late 90's.
Saint Paul did not cut their libraries down 30-50% in either staff or hours
as did Mpls.
Mpls. budget was 19,767,850 actual and SP was 1.4 MB which had been cut.
If my memory serves me correctly...Minneapolis has 8 million in nontaxed
properties
and if we really look at what downtown has been taxed in comparsion to
value..I do
not think they are paying a FAR larger percentage of the taxes. Minneapolis
does
needs some sharp tax reform and some different priorities within the budget.
However, we have gotten screwed by the elected over in the state
capitol...the ones that got
paid while they put others out of work. For the amount of taxes we pay...to
look at
our education budget...any sane person can see we are being targeted. Oh
that's right,
the Mpls.paper once stated...they were going to show us! Education did get a
bump
this year...what will be interesting is how much Minneapolis will see of it.
If I don't do my job...I don't get paid. This work should have been done in
May.
Perhaps the people in Minneapolis and the state can do something about this
travesty that just happened. They all should go home now and put sacks over
their heads and please don't come back out until elections are over...
Dorie Rae Gallagher/Nokomis
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