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Guest Columns & Letters
- Morris Sun Tribune: Tom Larson:Make effort now to stem local aid cuts or the future may not be pretty (5/6/11)
- Montevideo American News: Wayne Wolden & Dave Smiglewski: House attack on twin cities bad for whole state (4/7/11)
- StarTribune: Lori Sturdevant: If not for LGA, cities would spend (and have) less (3/19/11)
- StarTribune: Rod Hamilton and Kathy Sheran: Counterpoint: Property tax assertions were misleading (3/13/11)
- Star Tribune: Cities simply suffer in Pawlenty’s plan (5/1/09)
- Star Tribune: In state’s cities, Pawlenty finds formidable foe (3/8/09)
- MinnPost: Randy Kehr: LGA is key to strong businesses; further cuts will undermine them (2/3/11)
- Crookston Daily Times: From the Legislature: State aid has a purpose and a place (2/16/09)
- Star Tribune: Chris Coleman and Wayne Wolden: Cities can’t thrive under Pawlenty’s cuts (2/4/09)
- Worthing Daily Globe: Letter: LGA cuts would worsen imbalance in state (2/4/09)
- St. Cloud Times: Letter: City’s mayor asks for Pawlenty’s expertise (1/31/09)
- Winona Daily News: A new direction is needed to solve state’s fiscal crisis (12/5/08)
Editorials
- DL-Online: Time to compromise on budget (5/18/11)
- StarTribune: GOP majorities should deal on taxes (5/16/11)
- Pioneer Press: Aid to cities worth a new consensus (4/20/11)
- Duluth News Tribune: Our View: No time for politics in state-aid maneuverings (4/15/11)
- DL Online: Going to bat for Twin Cities (4/6/11)
- Worthington Daily Globe: Keep metro LGA, too (4/5/11)
- Albert Lea Tribune: Suburbs are like sucker plants (4/4/11)
- Faribault Daily News: Sales tax won’t solve problems (4/2/11)
- Fargo Forum: Push is on to scuttle Minnesota LGA (3/31/11)
- Hutchinson Leader: Don’t tie cities’ hands (3/18/11)
- StarTribune: Don’t pile LGA cuts on metro cities (3/16/11)
- Bemidji Pioneer: Cut LGA, higher property tax (3/4/11)
- Mankato Free Press: Our View: Budget fix should be fair statewide (3/3/11)
- Fargo Forum: Minnesota LGA vital to cities (2/16/11)
- Albert Lea Tribune: New GOP legislators face big choices (2/15/11)
- Worthington Daily Globe: Budget due today; leave LGA alone (2/15/11)
- Bemidji Pioneer: Pioneer Editorial: Taxes, cuts both part of budget plan (2/22/09)
- St. Cloud Times: Our view: Gimmicks cast cloud on budget built for hard time (1/29/09)
- Bemidji Pioneer: Pioneer Editorial: Budget will affect quality of life in state (1/28/09)
- Star Tribune: Editorial: A work in progress for uncertain times (1/28/09)
- Red Wing Republican-Eagle: Editorial: Sad fact is, state sits in financial mess (1/8/09)
- Owatonna People’s Press: LGA loss — the Stamp Act of 2008 (12/13/09)