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Officials oppose LGA cuts

Officials oppose LGA cuts Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak joins Oberloh in City Hall news conference
WORTHINGTON — Worthington city leaders, long distressed about repeated cuts in local government aid by the state, got some company Monday morning.

By Ryan McGaughey , March 02, 2010

Council responds to LGA cuts

WORTHINGTON — Cutting the budget for flowers on 10th Street and setting a minimum snowfall amount for plowing will not be enough to offset this year’s proposed Local Government Aid (LGA) unallotment that could top $900,000.

March 02, 2010

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New tax would spare LGA cuts

Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities unveils proposal
BEMIDJI — A proposal by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities would tax non-essential personal care services and digital music downloads to raise an additional $60 million in state revenue.

By Bethany Wesley, Bemidji Pioneer , February 27, 2010

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Cities working on LGA proposal

ST. PAUL — City leaders are working on a proposal to fund continued local government aid.

By Don Davis , February 11, 2010

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Pawlenty goes after LGA

ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Pawlenty made some of his strongest statements yet against local government aid when he blasted Bemidji for raising its property tax levy.

By Don Davis , January 30, 2010

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City officials respond to proposed LGA cuts

WORTHINGTON — With Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Wednesday announcement that he may again cut local government aid payments to balance the state’s budget, area officials are facing a new round of frustration.

December 08, 2009

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Editorial: Budget news looms

Minnesota finance officials will issue an economic forecast for the state today, and by many accounts the news isn’t expected to be good.

By Daily Globe , December 02, 2009

Letter: Unallotment, LGA cuts were wrong

I read the Fairmont Sentinel editorial this morning (Monday) in the Daily Globe and I can maybe agree with some comments but am disgusted by others.

By Alan Oberloh, Worthington Mayor , November 25, 2009

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Column: Time for candidates to take LGA stand

ST. PAUL — After launching a statewide effort to elevate local government aid (LGA) as a campaign issue for the 2010 governor’s race, a reporter recently asked us why — after having endured year after year of cuts to LGA in the last decade — are we putting up a fight now.

By Tim Strand and Nancy Carroll, Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities , October 07, 2009

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As others see it: Look beyond LGA

Mayors in Minnesota whose cities received Local Government Aid (LGA) have issued a call for citizens to ask their gubernatorial candidates where they stand on the issue of LGA, which has been a target for state budget cuts the past couple of years.

By The Journal of New Ulm , October 05, 2009

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Letter: City budget process has been significant challenge

There is little need to outline the difficult financial conditions we have found ourselves in as we sit at the kitchen table to review our bills and monitor our investments.

By Craig Clark, Administrator, City of Worthington , September 30, 2009

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Letter: Minnesota LGA is cut while ethanol awaits subsidy checks

As local units of state government reduce services for citizens truly in need, state lawmakers on Aug. 17 will deliver promised ethanol subsidy checks to Minnesota’s most successful ethanol plants.

By Alan Roebke, Alexandria , August 12, 2009

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Letter: Pawlenty does about-face on LGA

Letter: Pawlenty does about-face on LGA I just don’t understand Tim Pawlenty. When he was running for the governor’s office in 2002, he defended local government aid (LGA), which provides for basic quality of life in cities and small towns around Minnesota.

By Mike McCarvel, Brewster , July 22, 2009

Letter: Tax question shouldn't be on table

On the Daily Globe’s Web site, I noticed a poll on the question of raising city taxes to cover Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s cuts to local government aid (LGA).

By Audrey Harmening, Lakefield , July 10, 2009

Letter: LGA is not welfare

On his June 19 radio program, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that Local Government Aid (LGA) is a “municipal welfare system.” This is both mean-spirited and wrong.

By Richard Peterson, Mountain Lake , July 09, 2009

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