> Although budget analysis and planning is complex, there is a simple > question that needs to be answered. Is the debt being reduced or is > it continuing to grow? Is the city's budget just treading water and > keeping the creditors at bay, shifting the problem into the future > or are we actually reducing the portion of the city's budget that is > financing the debt?
> Michael Atherton > Prospect Park > Does the city have a set of graphs and charts online that provide an overview of revenue and expenditures? Sort of like this: http://www.taxes.state.mn.us/taxes/individ/other_supporting_content/wheretaxesgo 02.shtml I'd be interested in better understanding in graphical terms where property taxes revenues are coming from (both commerical and residential by area and as percentages over time) and something that brings home the reduction in commerical property tax and what needs to come out of residents. I guess something that showed any reductions in school property taxes per the state spending shift and how other county taxes fit in would be useful. Cheers, Steven Clift Standish-Ericsson REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
