[Mpls] Republican Views of Minneapolis

[Mark Snyder]

On 1/3/05 9:07 AM, "Victoria Heller" <victoriaheller at comcast.net> wrote:

> Minneapolis spends $1.2 billion annually.  Despite all of the so-called
> budget "cuts", Minneapolis spending has NOT GONE DOWN.  How do you explain
> this?

This is why it's important to actually look at the details of a budget
instead of just relying on totals.

As David pointed out, the current city administration is focusing on "paying
off the credit card" which means that cuts from city operations are being
shifted towards debt reduction. Anyone who looks at the mayor's 2005 budget
can see many cuts in department budgets since 2002/2003.

This whole idea isn't any different from someone who turns down their
thermostat or gives up their morning latte and then takes those few extra
bucks they save each month and sends them to whoever they have their credit
card with.

So I don't make anyone's head spin from how complex this budget stuff can
be, I won't even go into the fact that skyrocketing health care premiums can
easily wipe out budget cuts made in operations...as any good business owner
already knows.

Mark Snyder
Windom Park