Wednesday, February 24, 2010

LGA Cuts Concerning


A Minnesota Senator says he has sympathy for International Falls that could see another cut in local government state aid payments.

Governor Tim Pawlenty's decision to make further cuts to L-G-A has angered many municipalities, including the Falls, and Tom Saxhaugh says they have a right to be mad.

"It's a huge part of their (International Falls) budget," says Saxhaugh. "It's a very large amount of services they're going to have to cut unless we can do something about it."

Saxhaugh feels Pawlenty is being swayed to eliminate LGA by cities and who currently don't receive or need the funding.