Governor Pawlenty’s plan to balance Minnesota’s budget unilaterally without legislative oversight will risk LGA and devastate communities across the state. Nobody has said it better than Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden, president of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, who provided the following statement to the press:
The real losers in this failure to compromise are the property taxpayers and Minnesota families who depend on critical city services such as police, fire protection, libraries, and safe roads.
Thank LGA believes the governor’s plan to balance the budget by himself risks the state’s fiscal health and future viability. This is unacceptable. The governor and the legislature must come to a budget agreement in which both parties are accountable for the outcome.