A report released today by Minnesota 2020 titled “Bleeding Communities Dry: How LGA Cuts are Hurting Rural Minnesota” paints a gloomy picture: when the state underfunds LGA—as it has over the last decade—property taxpayers are the ones that pick up the tab, paying more for city services and receiving less in return.
Click here to view the Minnesota 2020 report.
With a crumbling housing market and rampant job losses, Minnesotans are already stretched to their limits. Now is not the time to cut needed services, layoff thousands of city employees statewide, and pull the trigger on massive property tax increases. Contact your legislators and the governor, and tell them that cutting LGA is the wrong policy and the wrong direction for the state.