HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 05-23 Annexation proposal is paranoid, Wiegert says THE DISPATH •
St. Paul Dispatch
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• "I think they've got some par- ..`,.. "`' " `i. Wiegert agreed. "He(Maddox)
anoia.with Maplewood." ;;.:::::Ma pee WOOCi::::>`<•: :<:: < probably doesn't realize that he
That's how Maplewood Coun- sibility of doing it interests me gets 40 percent of the action
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how d Wiegert reacted and some people I've been talk- without doing anything,"Wiegert
last week to St.Paul Council- ing to. d,referring to the fiscal
disparities act which pools the
man-elect Ron Maddox's propos- "I just think in the years to metropolitan tax base and re-
al that St.Paul should look into come there are going to be lots turns a portion of it back to all
annexing Maplewood. of reasons to put municipalities cities.
"THE LAST TIME we heard together,"Maddox said."St• • The Maplewood councilman
Paul should be the aggressive
from St.Paul was from the may- body to look for alternative solu indicated that St.Paul interest in
or(George Latimer),"Wiegert tions to lowering the tax base." annexation remains because
noted about annexation propos- Maplewood has 3M Company
els."The people(in Maplewood) _ Maddox said he's proposing within its boundaries.
didn't like the idea." Maplewood for the study be-
Wiegert and his colleagues cause of its desirable tax base.
predicted that the latest idea "PROPERTY TAXES are at
also will receive a cold recep- the extreme end,"Maddox said, .
tion. "After he(Maddox)starts "and people are going to have to
working on the council I'm sure look for some kind of relief. It
he will have more than enough to doesn'tmake sense for the sub-
do without taking on more tern- urbs to reap all the benefits and
tory,"Wiegert said. the cities to end up on the short
"I'm advocating that we start end of the stick."
looking into the consolidation of But at the Maplewood Council
services,"Maddox said in a Disp- • meeting,Mayor John Greavu
tach interview prior to the contended: "As far as taxes
Maplewood meeting."I'm not , being cheaper,he(Maddox)
saying that I advocate annexa doesn't know what he's talking - _
tion.I'm just saying that the pos- about." .