Welcome to MSRPO
Welcome to the Minnesota Seasonal Recreational
Property Owners (MSRPO) Coalition website.
MSRPO speaks for recreational property owners at the State
Capitol, seeking tax fairness, and greater support for
families that own cabins, lake-shore, hunting shacks and seasonal
property in Minnesota. We know that these families are
the the primary stewards of Minnesota's great outdoor
heritage, and we aggressively defend their way of
life.
For more than a decade, MSRPO has been the only advocate for
Minnesota's 120,000 seasonal property owners. We seek
incentives for sound stewardship, fair taxation, transparent
assessment practices and greater involvement in local decision
making.
Finding A Way Forward
Minnesotans are beginning to learn what cabin owners have known
for a long time, Minnesota's State and Local Fiscal System is
broken. Biennial deficits have spun out of control and projections
are that the problem will only get worse. Property taxes are
spiking. Local governments are struggling to provide basic
services. Our education ranking and environment and business
climate are declining as well.
MSRPO does not just point out problems... Cabin Owners are part
of the solution. In January 2009, the MSRPO Board endorsed the plan
FINDING A
WAY FORWARD, and is working with John P. James, a past
Commissioner of Revenue to bring these ideas to the front of the
public dialogue. Forward these plans to your legislators and ask
them to support the principles and ideas presented within. As the
various Candidates make their rounds, ask them if they are familiar
with FINDING A
WAY FORWARD, and if they are not direct them to this web page.
Make restoring Minnesota's financial stability the primary focus of
our public discourse.
Finding A
Way Forward
Exhibit
D
Minnesota faces a $1.2 Billion deficit in 2010, with a projected
$7 Billion structural deficit in the next biennium - the largest in
State History.
Long Term Goal:
MSRPO will push for a total overhaul of our state and local
fiscal system:
* Is fair, transparent and connects property taxes with ability
to pay.
* Adequately fund key services like education and
transportation
* Provides incentives for preservation, conservation or
restoration of riparian and habitat areas
* Rewards innovation and efficiency.
The MSRPO Board has endorsed the tax proposal FINDING A WAY
FORWARD and urges Lawmakers to embrace the ideas contained within
it.