Mark Snyder wrote:
> It's one thing to assume that state employee wages won't rise, but that
only
> represents about 10% of the budget. It's quite another to assume that the
> costs of the various other goods and services that are purchased by the
> State of Minnesota will remain flat for the enti
Um, point of information:
It has actually been the DFL caucus that has been complaining about the
overly optimistic revenue forecast. Namely because Republican leaders pulled
the nifty stunt of ignoring inflation when preparing the budget last
session.
It's one thing to assume that state employee
d spend as they conduct the public's
business.
Enjoy
the holidays and batten the hatches.
Michael Hohmann
Linden
Hills
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Good news for Minneapolis, the recent State of
Minnesota revenue forecast shows only a deficit of $185,000,000
for 2004. Unless you believe the conservatives (heaven forbid) that the
deficit could swell to $400,000,000 by February 2004. Minneapolis, being the
slowest moving political target
Michael Hohmann wrote:
John Rocker adds:
I also dont think Minneapolis residents are going to win over the hearts
of legislators by quoting Karl Marx's dogma, "From each according to his
ability, to each according to his needs."
WM: It's pretty tough to cozy up to a writer who can make a s
John Rocker adds:
>I also dont think Minneapolis residents are going to win over the hearts
of legislators by quoting Karl Marx's dogma, "From each according to his
ability, to each according to his needs."<
No wonder some legislators shake their heads at the mention of Mpls. and
it's 'needs.' T
In a message dated 2/13/03 6:00:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> The City's property taxes will simply be overwhelmed if there is no help
> from
> the state to deal with these very real situations. What every happened
to:
>
> "From each according to his abilit
I think this discussion
of LGA shows that there is a real need to revamp the formula, whether or not the
program is cut. For suburban cities with net outflow in LGA, there needs to be
a clear reason why the money is paid and how that is calculated.
I also don’t think Minneapolis residen
The conversations about the relative "wealth" of Minneapolis as measured by its value of real estate versus the total in the state and the number of people in Minneapolis as a proportion of the state's total population are interesting, but don't tell the whole story.
When I worked or the City Coun
David Brauer wrote:
And even if we DO have a higher share of the taxable wealth than people
(which I'm not conceding) that doesn't measure "need" - the number of poor,
older infrastructure, regional amenities than non-residents use but don't
pay for - that are a key, legitimate factor behind L
Apparently I can't type today. Minneapolis and St. Paul have 24.8% of
the metro area population, not the 200-plus number that I wrote earlier.
Terrell Brown
(still in Loring Park ... I got that right)
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From: Brown, Terrell
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From: David Bra
Vicky writes:
> As David correctly points out, Minneapolis is even RICHER NOW.
This is not what I said. I noted that using Census figures, Minneapolis has
a smaller share of the state's population than she claimed.
I said nothing about richness, or lack thereof. As Terrell Brown pointed
out, Min
David Brauer asks: "What is the source of this data" in response to my
claim that Minneapolis is the "richest" City in Minnesota.
Vicky Heller answers:
The specific numbers I used came from Council Member Dean Zimmerman on one
of the Minneapolis Property Rights TV shows shortly before the last
e
-Original Message-
From: David Brauer
Vicky writes:
> Minneapolis is the RICHEST city in the state (20% of the taxable real
> estate, but only 11% of the population.)
What is the source of this data? For example, the population figure is
wrong. Minneapolis had 382,618 people in the 20
Vicky writes:
> Minneapolis is the RICHEST city in the state (20% of the taxable real
> estate, but only 11% of the population.)
What is the source of this data? For example, the population figure is
wrong. Minneapolis had 382,618 people in the 2000 Census
(http://www.metrocouncil.org/Census/news
Don Jorovsky writes:
".the services you receive, or the education a child receives, should
not be based so heavily on the relative property wealth of the area in
which you happen to live."
Vicky Heller responds:
Mr. Jorovsky has this backwards.
Minneapolis is the RICHEST city in the state (
Is the fiscal disparities act still in effect? If so, is Minneapolis
losing or gaining under the law?
Shawne FitzGerald
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Dennis Plante, Jim McGuire and Terrell Brown have all made some excellent points today about Local Government Aid. (see snips below). Minneapolis is not an island. People come into the city all the time for a variety of reasons. They use city parks that are paid for by city property taxes.
od for majority of suburbanites. To assume that an across the board (in LGA) cut affects the suburbs and urban areas equally is absurd.
Dennis Plante
Jordan
>From: "Jim MCGUIRE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Mpls] Local Government Aid
>Date: Tu
A couple of things struck me about Pat Awada's report. First was her
conclusion that "the more money given to local governments the more they
spend" which I file under "Duh!".
I think she was trying to say that the spending is the result of the giving
as opposed to need. This may be, but is n
The first footnote on the first page says "The OSA grouped three
current city services: general government, public safety, and streets
and highways together to form essential current services. All other
current services are called non-essential current services for the
purposes of this study." I'm
Hello Andy:
It is an even larger percentage of the St. Paul and
Duluth budgets. I believe 16% for St. Paul and 19% for
Duluth, 12% Minneapolis.
Ken Bradley Corcoran Neighborhood
--- Don Jorovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andy writes:
>
> Thank yourselves for electing Pat Awada over Carol
I regret the use of harsh language I employed in my post. Keith Reitman
NearNorth
In a message dated 2/11/03 4:13:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
>
> Received a complaint about this:
>
> > Don, you make the partisan political
> > pandering, and Dynafying,
>
>
In a message dated 2/10/03 5:34:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Andy writes:
>
> Thank yourselves for electing Pat Awada over Carol Johnson.
>
> Andy Driscoll
> Saint Paul
>
>
> Don adds:
>
> Actually, Minneapolis voters voted by a wide margin for
> Ca
Andy writes: Thank yourselves for electing Pat Awada over Carol Johnson.Andy DriscollSaint Paul Don adds: Actually, Minneapolis voters voted by a wide margin for Carol Johnson over Pat Awada -- 85,249 to 32,450. That's a margin of 72 to 28, although both of the percentages would be a litt
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