Respectfully, Dan Swanson i

swannyww — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:04:50 -0500

Respectfully,
Dan Swanson
i think what people are saying is that surrounding communities are less extravagant in their spending and they are concerned about taxes getting so high as to force them to move. Prior lake WAS very conservative in its spending before the current Mayor. New visions have caused large increases in taxes which get paid by home owners and businesses. High taxes are a form or discrimination (if you can't afford it leave). The "Boom Town" caused by the Mayor inviting in developers to build and participate in the disastrous mortgage mess of building homes too expensive to afford, has caused a hit to Prior Lake and our nation that we won't soon forget. Granted the city gets higher tax revenues from over priced homes, but what about home owners who have lost equity because of this developer frenzy and outright fraud. The days of using eminent domain to rid neighborhoods of perfectly fine affordable homes are gone, but I do remember the residents complaining in meetings to rezone their neighborhoods commercial, and the overzealous developers and city not listening. Please don't continue this illusion of wealth as we haven't paid for the first one. Don't say it hasn't effected us here because it has and will into the future.

A closer look at city’s new fire station

Shawn Hogendorf — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:57:50 -0500

By Shawn Hogendorf, Staff Writer

With financial conservatism and responsible spending on the minds of many these days, Prior Lake’s new Fire Station No. 2 got a bad rap even before the doors were set to open to the public for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday.

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A closer look at city’s new fire station