Any LGA cut would be "a generational step backward for MN & a really bad, bad, idea" says Dilworth mayor kfgo.com/news/articles/2016/mar/0... #restoreLGA
"With the decrease in LGA that happened from 2003 on, the result is more pressure on the property taxes" m.postbulletin.com/news/local/city-revenues... #restorelga
"MN’s LGA program is important. It helps to assure the same high quality of life from border to border" www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/our-view/3935464... #restoreLGA
Fun fact:Compared to 3 cities targeted 4 cuts in '15, 35 LGA-receiving cities have more tax base/capita, 115 get more LGA/capita #restoreLGA
LGA allows cities "to operate as they should without bankrupting the taxpayers" www.nujournal.com/page/content.comment/id/... via @TheJournalMN #restoreLGA
"Our view: We are one Minnesota, Twin Cities, rural and all" via @WinonaDailyNews www.winonadailynews.com/news/opinion/editorial/o... #restoreLGA
"State's cities resume state aid lobbying push" www.mankatofreepress.com/news/state-s-cities-resu... #restorelga
"Our View: State needs to unite behind LGA push" www.postbulletin.com/opinion/our-view-state-n... #restorelga
"LGA is that rare program that wins solid, statewide and bipartisan support" www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/our-opinion/3907... via @gfhopinion #restorelga
"Now that they have a surplus, it's only fair to give back what [LGA] they took away"~EGF Councilmember www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/3903007-citie... #restoreLGA
"[LGA] funding should be restored to 2002 levels" ~ @StribOpinion www.startribune.com/how-one-state-should-fun... #restoreLGA
"Republican mayors: MN House Republicans need to reverse course and support LGA" www.southernminn.com/northfield_news/opinion/... via @newsnorthfield #restoreLGA
Share of LGA going to Duluth, Minneapolis and St Paul has *gone down* since CY 2008. #restoreLGA #cgmc
"Local Government Aid an important tool for Minnesota cities" says Janesville city administrator m.southernminn.com/mobile/janesville_argus/... #restoreLGA
"Property tax increases betray rural MN" via @gfherald #restoreLGA
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"An amazing[..]program, this LGA, which helps so many cities[..]from 1 corner of the state to the other" www.crookstontimes.com/article/20151201/OPINION... #restoreLGA
#RestoreLGA funding --> Restrain city prop taxes for local businesses http://greatermncities.org/cgmc-tools/lgaproptax/ #mnleg #tableau #cgmc
"We've put a lot of infrastructure projects on hold &when u put those things on hold they don't go away" #restorelga www.southernminn.com/owatonna_peoples_press/n...