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State Representative Tom Anzelc
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-4936
For more information contact: Michael Howard 651-296-8873
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Thank you for participating in the Town Hall Meeting
To the editor:
We want to thank everyone, and there were well over one hundred of you, who took the time to participate in our legislative town hall meeting in International Falls this past weekend. Your stories and ideas show clearly what is at stake in our efforts to responsibly close our record budget deficit in the face of the worst economic recession in decades. We also want to thank Rep. David Dill from Crane Lake and Rep. Cy Thao, who traveled over 300 miles from his home district in St. Paul to hear from the citizens we represent.
While there were many different opinions expressed at the meeting, common themes certainly emerged. Most people who spoke talked about the value and need for specific programs and services, but understood sacrifices will be required to close our $5 billion deficit. More than anything, we heard that people want those sacrifices to shared by all Minnesotans so that no particular region or group of Minnesotans are asked to unfairly bear too large a burden to close this deficit.
We plan on bringing your voices to the State Capitol as we work to balance our budget fairly. That means making sure Minnesotans share in the sacrifice so that our children, seniors and disabled aren’t asked to endure the deepest spending cuts. It also means making strategic budget choices to maintain programs and services that will position us for long term economic success, including support for our public schools and programs and services that promote and create jobs.
Again, thank you for participating in the democratic process and helping us better serve our communities in the State Legislature.
Thank you,
Rep. Tom Anzelc
Sen. Tom Saxhaug
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