The Minnesota Property Tax Project

This was emailed to me this morning by DGH. Property taxes are a hot issue. Mine have doubled in the past several years. I pay property taxes, a street assessment, and my share of a $57 million school levy.

I believe in a sliding fee scale for the elderly, a little old lady on social security should have her property taxes frozen. Meaning no increases for any reason, no exceptions. That includes street assessments or school levies. If your doing well with a good retirement income, pay your share like the rest of us.

Here is your chance to speak up! Remember these words, "The world is run by those who show up."

The Minnesota Property Tax Project, being ramrodded by the DFL, probably won't bear the results we're looking for, but I suggest that we present our liberty proposals anyway. We can't criticize their plans unless we have better ones to offer. If you send your ideas to the project, please share a carbon copy with the group so we can add our support to the best ideas as well.

The following news item from the League of Minnesota Taxpayers gives you all the links you need to participate:

Think you’ve got a solution to property tax increases?

I can’t promise any results (well, the kind of results the Taxpayers League would approve of anyway), but Rep. Paul Marquart (DFL-Dilworth), chair of the Property Tax Relief division of the Taxes committee, has set up a website – the Minnesota Property Tax Project – to gather ideas for bringing “property tax relief to every Minnesotan.” While Rep. Marquart has acknowledged that “conservative Republican solutions – such as deep cuts in local government spending or giving more power to property owners to force referenda – might not be prime candidates for ‘Idea of the Day,’” they will still “consider any and all suggestions.” That may not leave many options for those of us inclined to suggest fiscally responsible solutions, but in the spirit of Groundhog Day I would sincerely hope that you take five minutes and send the DFL your two-cents. Of course, we could wake up tomorrow and find that all we’re going to get is the same nightmare solutions we’ve seen out of every other “tax relief” package to come from the DFL, but unless you're this guy, we can always hope tomorrow will be different.

Also, for folks out there who aren’t hooked up to “the Google” there are a couple of phone numbers set up to take your ideas: in the Metro (651) 297-8391 and in Greater Minnesota 1-800-551-5520.