This is a little thin on context: Rybak Brought In $175 An Hour Facilitator To Help City Council Members Trust One Another. “Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the new City Council sat down for more than three hours Thursday morning in an attempt to ease the lingering bitterness from the previous day’s leadership votes. The [...]
Again, the MN GOP focuses on the “how much” rather than on the “why”. Rybak Spent $180,000 To Promote City Tap Water. “The city of Minneapolis is spending nearly $200,000 to sell something that would seem to sell itself: tap water. … Tap Minneapolis is the city’s new web site, and PR campaign to promote [...]
Again, the MN GOP relies on proposed spending rather than what ended up in the budget or was actually spent. RYBAK’S WASTEFUL & OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING Rybak Spent $500,000 On 10 Water Fountains. “During the Aquatennial festival that begins Friday, the city plans to unveil concepts for 10 artist-designed drinking fountains that Rybak championed [...]
Again, the MN GOP relies on a proposal to attack Rybak rather than an actual fee or tax. * “A new street lighting fee proposed by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak last February has hit the desks of a City Council that will need to make an election-year decision on whether to use it to help [...]
Again, the MN GOP relies on a proposal rather than an actual fee or tax to attack Rybak: * “With their sales slumping, Minneapolis business owners are chafing under the potential burden of two new city fees, including one that the City Council may impose today. That proposal would charge the owners of the city’s [...]
Again, the MN GOP attacks Rybak based on a proposal rather than a fee or tax. * “A proposal to have Minneapolis follow St. Paul in regulating newsracks won its first City Council test Tuesday after a strong endorsement from Mayor R.T. Rybak. … A fee preliminarily estimated at about $40 a year per box [...]
Hauling trash costs money, which has to come from somewhere. * “Mayor R.T. Rybak has urged the council to raise the solid waste fee by $1 per month next year. That’s the first increase since 2006 and would raise the fee to $21 monthly. It covers services ranging from trash disposal to graffiti removal.” (Steve [...]
Rybak proposed increasing utility fees, but for what? The MN GOP seems to care more about the “how much” than the “what for”. * “Individual tax bills will depend on whether a home’s value increases more or less than others, but in general, the burden will shift slightly from residential to commercial property. On a [...]
Again, the MN GOP attempts to convict Rybak based on a proposal rather than an actual increase in fees or taxes. * “Supporters of the ban say circus animals are often mistreated by their trainers to get them to perform. Circus sponsors argued that they don’t abuse their animals and that they are already federally [...]
Oh my. A fee was increased. But why? The MN GOP doesn’t really get into that. Instead, they make it sound like it’s all about generating revenue and imposing more regulations. But Rybak Has Since Backed Numerous Fee Increases: * “Dog collars can’t weigh more than 2 pounds, tethers have to be three times the [...]
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