Episode 728
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Budgeting Tornado Siren
Dr Spry tells us that elected officials love taxes where the burden of the tax falls on people who aren’t eligible to vote. Plus, how to hire a new school super nintendo in a week-and-a-half. (Guest Host: Melissa Sauser)
- Mellisa Sauser, the Farmington school board, and public pensions [2:12]
- Saint Paul Pioneer Press: Farmington superintendent announces retirement
- The News Bag [23:47]
- Dr John Spry [1:46:22]
- Minnesota’s most ridiculous sales tax zones
- Spry’s rule of thumb on budget appropriations and taxes
In a suburban first, four metro cities to adopt local sales tax
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Riversedge project in downtown Saint Paul to cost $788M, developer seeking $80M in public money
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis City Council will hear from public on shifting budget cycle to two years
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Saint Paul district on hook for $4M after teacher union votes to leave health plan
Saint Paul Pioneer Press
Inver Grove Heights city clerk gets separation deal after accusations
Saint Paul Pioneer Press
St. Andrew’s demolition approved for German Immersion School expansion
Saint Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota’s top court to hear lake renaming case
Associated Press
Expanding fault line forces parts of Highway 67 to close near Granite Falls
WCCO-TV
Bear fatally struck by car on I-94 in northwestern Minnesota
Associated Press
“Summer kill” of fish leaves a stinking mess in Chain of Lakes in Minneapolis
Minneapolis Star Tribune