Mounds View School District 2019 Levy
No New Levy MVD 2019 After a long and arduous review of documents regarding the Mounds View School District 2019 levy that will be on the ballot November 5th,…
Out of Control Lobbyists!
According to the Minnesota Legislative Auditor, local governments spent a total of $8.7 million on lobbying activities in 2018. WOW! Your taxes at work (not).
Your taxes are being used to apply pressure on the Legislature to pass the laws local governments want.
Here are some stats:
113 local governments directly employ lobbying staff or hired contract lobbyists and spent $4.5 million in 2018.
11 of the 113 local governments that directly employ lobbying staff or hired contract lobbyist reported over $100,000 in lobbying expenditures for a total of $1.9 million in 2018.
2019 Elections
Since early voting started June 28th, you may want to find out if your City, County or School Board will have a primary on August 13th and a General Election…