This afternoon, Governor Pawlenty invited ordinary Minnesotans to weigh in on the services that should be protected from the unallotment ax. Thank LGA encourages you to contact the governor at his newly created email address, budgetideas@state.mn.us, and tell him to protect LGA.
LGA is what keeps communities across the state strong and affordable. Under the governor’s original proposal, cities will see huge cuts in this funding, which will result in both property tax increases and cuts to essential services, such as police, fire protection, libraries, and parks. The unallotment process, which is a result of the legislature and the governor failing to reach a final budget deal, leaves LGA’s future in Governor Pawlenty’s hands. That’s why it’s more important now than ever to contact the governor and urge him to keep the state’s commitment to strong, affordable communities.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:38 am
We cannot afford to lose police officers and firefighters. Minnesota crimes are going down and that is because we have our officers working hard on daily basis. If we cut back on the officers, the crime will go back up. We cannot afford to jeorpadize citizen’s life. We need our public safety officers.