just a question I want to toss out for people's brains
to work over. it relates to the some of the things
talked about vis a vis the library referendum but has
wider implications for city governance, property taxes
etc.
As i write there is a presentation being made to the
ways and means/budget
In an exchange over the weekend, it was said that only residents would pay
for the library referendum. This is not the case. The referendum will
affect ALL property owners, whether the property is residential, commercial
or industrial, and it will affect them equally. The cost for every
Certainly. The survey was put together after hearing many accounts of MCDA's
riding slipshod over the people who have had contact with them. Accounts
range from unscrupulous deals with persons having an undue influence in MCDA
affairs, all the way to ignoring complaints from persons who have
Somebody posted the information attached below over the weekend. It's
incorrect. Businesses will pay $57 annually per $100,000 of valuation
if the library proposal passes.
Steve Brandt
Star Tribune
the tax bite from referendums like this is entirely on
the residents; business property is
If we are going to make the school systems "more accountable" then we
should compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. Comparing Edina
to any inner city school should be done on the basis of how well Edina
does in educating their South East Asian students to Minneapolis South
East Asian
It's not the meters that encourage sprawl and subsidize exurban development,
it's the road system itself and the continuing belief that the solution to
traffic congestion is more roads and wider freeways. The state legislature
needs to understand smart growth and spend transportation dollars
Actually, I think Dave asked some really pertinent questions, and it would
be nice to get answers to those. I also appreciated the humor in the post.
It won't bore me in the least to see a point by point answers to Dave's
questions.
Maybe issue FAQs might help relieve people like Lisa of
Yes, well, this makes much more sense.
Andy Driscoll
St. Paul
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Here are some links to studies done in regard to education reform. =20
In 1991, the Office of Educational
Forwarded on behalf of Wally Swan --
In answer to the statement in the Star Tribune that adding debt load from
the Library Referendum would not have an effect upon the city bond rating:
According to Standard and Poor's (January 2000), the average net debt per
capita for 32 AAA rated cities is
So, if some guy on this list is a "snotty liberal" then you are, presumably, a
what? Condescending conservatiuve? Adenoidal archconservative? Just plain
twit? You could start with yourself and be accountable for your mouth--or
fingers in this case.
Wizard Marks, Central
j burns wrote:
While
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In a message dated 10/23/2000 8:11:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
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In answer to the statement in the Star Tribune that adding debt load from
the Library Referendum would not have an effect upon the city bond rating:
According
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