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I have served the City of Isanti as Mayor since 2007. We have accomplished great things together and I look forward to building on our success. United, we move forward to a better future. You may contact me at 763-442-8749 or e-mail me at george@georgewimmer.com.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

A bit of a Break

I will be posting again next week on the topics ranging from a disappointing start to our Police Union mediation when they threatened to sue if we were forced to eliminate a position... this is what we get for taking another 3 months to hopefully get a good resolution... perhaps they wanted us to terminate the position a month ago...

Will be answering a goofy letter sent by the School District to parents of the primary school... The City did not deny the school district use of the parking lot... we simply asked that the district pay at least half the cost to repair the damage done to the parking lot done by their plowing... the superintendent refused... interesting considering all the fees the schools charge for use of their facilities....

Will be posting on the infrastructure debt the City accumulated before I was Mayor and our options to handle it... and about a dozen other topics.... follow my active Twitter and Facebook Account for daily updates... 


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What don't you understand about the police department being unreasonabile? GET RID OF THEM NOW! Why do they think they are special in these hard economic times? Turn to the county and let them take care of law enforcment. Why have another layer of government?

Anonymous said...

I think the taxpayer's are getting a bad deal in the city of Isanti.We are paying for both county and local police?Why are we paying the same tax amount for county sheriff protection as someone in rural Isanti county?
George can u please explain?

George said...

We are actually paying a lot more in County taxes than those in townships... Cambridge pays the most in county taxes then the City of Isanti... The County is obligated to cover the City if we do not have police protection but we have no control over how much or when or what local ordinances are enforced unless we pay even more ... Many I talk to in the townships believe that there is not enough police protection there....I am hopeful we can settle a decent contract but if not then we will have to make the best decisions with the available options... City tax payers pay a lot in County taxes and in many areas receive ZERO benefit from it...