Share your ideas on city services and funding
Click on “Comments” below the video to share your thinking. If you could start from a blank canvas, what city services would you create and how would you want to pay for them?
From Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, to the legendary politics of the “Minnesota Miracle” and the “No New Taxes” pledge, our history has made Minnesota what it is today. Yet to create a future that’s as bold and bright as what we’ve enjoyed, it’s going to take new thinking—thinking that’s “outside the ox”—where we question our assumptions; where our history informs but doesn’t stand in the way of new ideas.
What do you think? What city services do you and your family use?
What would it mean for you if those services were reduced or eliminated?
How should these services be paid for?
Share your comments, photos, or video clips here.
What do you think? What city services do you and your family use?
What would it mean for you if those services were reduced or eliminated?
How should these services be paid for?
Share your comments, photos, or video clips here.
Broader Thinking,
Better Solutions
From brushing our teeth, to driving to work, to walking the dog, we use city services every day. Those services are getting more and more difficult to pay for. Finding new funding solutions requires broadening the conversation—who’s having it, and what it’s about.
It’s your future … be part of creating “outside the ox” solutions by sharing your comments on this blog.
The comments posted here will be collected and shared as part of community conversations about cities, services, and funding in the weeks and months to come.
For more on the services cities provide, check out:
For more on the sponsor of this effort, the League of Minnesota Cities, visit www.lmc.org
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