I’m very happy to tell you that Minneapolis taxpayers won a big victory today. In a clear ruling issued just this morning, the Minnesota Court of Appeals agreed with the City that two closed pension funds have overpaid pensioners by wrongly calculating their own benefits, and that those overpayments need to be recouped. Simply put, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
Last Sunday’s tornado took only a matter of minutes to race throughNorth Minneapolis, but it left a broad swath of devastation behind it from which it will take many people a long time to recover. Tragically, it took one life during the storm and another the day after. It left thousands more people frightened, without [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
With only 10 days to go until the end of the State legislative session, there’s a lot at stake for property-tax payers. I’m working on a lot of critical issues at once, but one thing holds them all together: holding the line on property taxes. And you can help. Closed-pension reform. As I wrote on [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
I have some encouraging news for property-tax payers: after years of work and months of meetings with legislators (more than we can count), today a bill was introduced at the State Capitol to reform two closed Minneapolis pension funds that have been the source of significant property-tax increases on many Minneapolis residents and businesses. The [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
Today, Minneapolis taxpayers lost at the Capitol. This morning, the House of Representatives Government Operations and Elections Committee passed the bill that will raise Minneapolis property taxes by $10 million in 2012 and 2013. City Council President Barbara Johnson and I were there and testified against the bill, on your behalf. There’s some good news: [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
I urge you to contact your state legislators today to oppose a bill to increase Minneapolis property taxes, which is coming to a vote tomorrow morning — Thursday, May 5. Last fall, many of you contacted the City Council and me with your concerns about property taxes. You told us your property taxes were too [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
