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		<title>Coalition proposes bill to protect essential services and property taxpayers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities announced a bill this morning that would reduce the 2010 unallotment of LGA and MVC to their 2009 unallotment level, which would help communities avoid making deep cuts in essential services and protect property taxpayers from unaffordable tax increases.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/coalition-proposes-bill-to-protect-essential-services-and-property-taxpayers/</link>
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		<title>Updated City Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities recently surveyed its members to learn how LGA unallotments are impacting their 2010 budgets. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/updated-city-stories/</link>
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		<title>Bemidji mayor responds to governor&#8217;s &#8216;drive-by rant&#8217; on LGA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bemidji Mayor Richard Lehmann responded to comments Governor Tim Pawlenty made last week on his radio show about the city and its LGA funding.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/bemidji-mayor-responds-to-governors-drive-by-rant-on-lga/</link>
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		<title>State Auditor finds that reliance on property taxes grows when LGA cut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, State Auditor Rebecca Otto released her office's annual report on city finances.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/state-auditor-finds-that-reliance-on-property-taxes-grows-when-lga-cut/</link>
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		<title>Senior centers feel sting of LGA cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior centers across the state are facing deep funding reductions due to smaller and fewer donations, including those provided by local units of government that have experienced repeated LGA cuts. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/senior-centers-feel-sting-of-lga-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Mayors respond to governor&#8217;s decision to spare LGA from December unallotment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden, spokesperson for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, released the following statement in response to Governor Pawlenty&#8217;s decision to spare LGA from December unallotment:
We applaud and thank Governor Pawlenty for recognizing that Minnesota cities have hit the financial edge and additional cuts would jeopardize public [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/mayors-respond-to-governors-decision-to-spare-lga-from-december-unallotment/</link>
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		<title>Mayors: Special session needed to resolve $1.2 billion shortfall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul Mayor Chris Colemand and Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden issued the following statement today regarding the need for a special session to resolve the state's $1.2 billion shortfall for the current biennium.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/mayors-special-session-needed-to-resolve-12-billion-shortfall/</link>
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		<title>Signs point to disproportionate LGA cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greater Minnesota cities respond to today's budget forecast announcement and possible unallotment of LGA.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/signs-point-to-disproportionate-lga-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Cities adjust snow removal policies in response to aid cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finalizing their 2010 budgets over the next few weeks, cities across the state are making t0ugh decisions about what services to cut in light of state aid losses. The City of Mankato, which is staring down a $1.5 million cut in state aid for 2010, recently announced that it will cut its snow removal budget by keeping overtime hours to a minimum and restructuring plowing policies, such as plowing main roads before residential roads and plowing only two lanes of major four-lane roads. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/cities-adjust-snow-removal-policies-in-response-to-aid-cuts/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s hitting home: Akeley, Nevis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Park Rapids Enterprise reports that the city councils in Akeley and Nevis recently decided to reduce their public safety services.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thanklga.org/its-hitting-home-akeley-nevis/</link>
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