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NOTE: <br /> <br />}'l(,asc sec that this }',ets distributed to thc various officials <br /> <br />John M. Hartinger <br />D~str,(:l 50A <br />Ar',ok a Cc)truly <br /> <br />Commlttee~: <br />Governmental Operations <br />General Legislation and Velerans Affairs <br />Environment and Natural Resources <br />Crime and Family Law <br /> Chairman, Criminal Justice Subcommittee <br /> <br />Legislative Commission to Review <br /> Administrative Rules <br /> <br />Minnesota <br />House of . <br />Representatives <br /> <br />The Honorable Gary Heitman <br />Mayor of Ramsey <br />CITY HALL <br />15153 NW Nowthen Blvd. <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />February 5, 1986 <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Heitman: <br /> <br /> It was recently announced that our governor, Rudy Perpich, <br />has underestimated state revenue collections by $734 million. <br />To make up for his error, Governor Perpich has proposed cutting <br />state aid payments to our local units of government. <br /> <br /> Your city's finances would be seriously impaired if the <br />governor's plans are adopted. Not only would you see your local- <br />government-aid payments reduced, but homestead credits as well. <br />Governor Perpich is leaving locally-elected officials such as <br />yourself with little choice but to raise local real estate taxes. <br />That may solve the state's fiscal dilemma, but it does so by <br />transferring the problem to you at the local level. <br /> <br /> My colleagues and I in the IR House majority intend to fight <br />to protect our cities from bearing the burden of the state's <br />fiscal mismanagement. Your assistance is necessary if we are <br />to persuade the governor and Senate liberals that cities should <br />be spared from cuts. Please take a few minutes to call or write <br />the governor and our local senator, and ask them to support the <br />efforts of House Independent-Republicans to balance the state <br />budget by cutting areas other than local-government aid. <br /> <br /> We're going to fight to try and come through this current <br />budget problem without impairing the ability of local governments <br />to serve the citizens of our area. <br /> <br /> JH/sl <br />Reply to: <br /> <br />[] 413 State Office Building, St, Paul, <br /> <br />12428 Tamarack St., Coon Rapids, Minnesota 55433 <br /> <br /> esentativ~' <br /> <br />Minnesota 55~ Office: (612} 296-5~369 J <br /> .ome: <br /> <br /> <br />