What’s ‘Your Fair Share?’
Editor’s Note: Matt Martin writes a column twice monthly on the first and 15th. This article is cross-posted at MNpublius.
As I wrote in my previous column in this space, I think that the DFL leadership in the…
Editor’s Note: Matt Martin writes a column twice monthly on the first and 15th. This article is cross-posted at MNpublius.
As I wrote in my previous column in this space, I think that the DFL leadership in the…
And it’s called TAXES!
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One of my kids’ favorite books when they were small was Mercer Mayer‘s…

The usual group of surly curmudgeons gathered on the Capitol steps Saturday demanding an end to taxation. Jason Lewis and the entire listenership of KTLK (charitably estimated by the station itself at 7,000) gathered to demand an…
Editor’s Note: Minnesota Monitor is happy to welcome back Matt Martin of MNpublius, who will be writing twice monthly columns on the first and 15th. This article is cross-posted at MNpublius
If you’ve opened a newspaper in the…
Nobody likes seeing the big property tax assessment.
The IronGate Mall in Hibbing and its 15 tenants’ leases were in question Tuesday at the Minnesota Supreme Court. IronGate Enterprises, the mall’s owners and taxpayers on the property, filed a petition…
On Tuesday, Secretary of State candidate Mark Ritchie called on his opponent, Republican incumbent Mary Kiffmeyer, to reduce fees he calls “hidden taxes that make it harder for small businesses and non-profits to survive.” Within hours, Kiffmeyer did just…
“There’s no question that (Gov. Tim) Pawlenty’s ‘no new taxes’ approach is to move many obligations to counties.”