Sunday, March 1, 2009

Republicans, are you insane? Calls for complete abolishment of Local Government Aid proposed - Small town taxpayers, hang onto your wallets!

I just heard on Sunday morning, a Republican was talking on "At Issue" on KSTP Channel 5, and they called for a complete abolishment of Local Government Aid (LGA) to help close the state's budget deficit.

Do you realize what would happen?

A large number of rural towns, like Kensington and Hoffman, depend heavily on LGA in their annual budgets.

Losing parts or all of their LGA would result in gigantic property tax increases. Either that, or they could cut fire and police protection, or stop plowing their streets after snowstorms.


Are we going to sit on our hands and just take it?

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