MSRPO in The News

Coalition of groups working to stop the spread of Asain carp into the St. Croix, Minnesota and Upper Mississippi Rivers

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Legislative Summit Jan 14, 2012

The theme of this year's summit is BOLD ACTION NOW

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Tax Reform Now

Now is the time to push for a total state and local fiscal system overhaul.

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MSRPO Members Speak Up!

This week we will receive our Truth in Taxation forms from local districts.  As part of last summer's budget resolution, the Governor and Legislature eliminated the Market Value Homestead Credit, and pundits have been trying to get a fix on the impact of this change.  All agree that it is likely to push up property taxes, again.

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Jeff Forester Reads Legacy Letter on TPT

Jeff Forester reads his eassay, "My Great great grandfather was a cousin jack."

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Will They Sell Your Land Out From Underneath You?

The DNR has sold mining leases beneath hundreds of private property owner's land in the north woods - have they sold the land out from underneath your home or cabin?

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MSRPO 2011 Annual Meeting Party

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Zebra Mussels Overrun Minnetonka

Zebra Mussels Over-Running Lake Minnetonka. MSRPO offers AIS inspection and decontamination certification and response.

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Special Legislative Session Update

Few people are happy with the compromise.  Minnesota has had systemic and growing budget deficits almost every biennium (excluding 2005) for about a decade and the current package will not alter our state's structural budget imbalance.

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Forester speaks up for recreational property owners at the Capitol

Jeff Forester, executive director of the Minnesota Seasonal and Recreational Property Owners Coalition, says, "Our property tax code is one of the most environmentally destructive in the nation. We spend tens of millions of dollars trying to preserve our lakes and rivers, but our property tax system almost guarantees it will fail because the taxes are so high that property owners have to keep subdividing and building in order to hold on to a piece of it."

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