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State-aid cuts squeeze townships
by Charley Shaw, Staff Writer,
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
April 29, 2008
Local governments resort to raising property taxes
Minnesota’s townships have been
feeling a financial pinch in the last five years, according to a new
report from the State Auditor’s office.
The report, released last week, reported five- and 10-year trends in
which state financial support for towns has declined and local property
taxes have been increased.
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Auditor issues positive report on
firefighter pensions
Monday, April 21, 2008
By Laura Gossman, Rochester
Post-Bulletin
Many local volunteer firefighters
have seen increases in their pensions in the past few years. State
Auditor Rebecca Otto recently released a report ...
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Auditor faults Elysian in city hall
purchase
State investigation uncovers sloppy
accounting, employee compensation
Sunday, April 20, 2008
By Dan Linehan, Mankato Free Press
ELYSIAN — Shortly after
Councilwoman Tiffani Atherton took office in early 2006, she asked her
colleagues on the Elysian City Council to request a state audit.
Rumors about city cover-ups swirled in the Le Sueur County town of about
540...
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KSTP
5: Discounted speeding tickets?
Sunday, March 30, 2008
It seems too good to be true – a
cheaper speeding ticket actually benefiting both the community and
traffic offenders. Over 60 cities across the state have begun handing
out ‘discounted’ speeding tickets.
see video
 KSTP
5:
Rebecca Otto lives completely 'green'
Monday, February 25, 2008
In her day job, she watches how
Minnesota cities spend your tax dollars.
But State Auditor Rebecca Otto has a personal passion for living green.
see video
A green power(ed) couple
Saturday, February 9, 2008, Star
Tribune
State Auditor Rebecca Otto and her
husband, screenwriter Shawn Otto, were billed as "perhaps Minnesota's
highest-profile environmental couple"
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Smaller cities look to TIFs
January 30, 2008
Minnesota sees a rise in the
number of tax increment financing districts
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Goverment lobbying costs fall
Friday, January 18, 2008
Scott Wente, Minn. State Capitol Bureau
ST. PAUL The Minnesota
Capitol complex is rife with lobbyists during legislative sessions,
there to advocate for businesses and interest groups
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Office of the State Auditor Makes a Big
Change
New Web site unveiled to improve
access to local government finances
January 17, 2008
State Auditor Rebecca Otto today
unveiled
a new web site.
The main goals of this new and improved web site are to be user-friendly
for all audiences, to allow visitors to be just two clicks away from the
information they are seeking, and to be secure.
read more (pdf)
State Auditor to Conduct Best Practices
Review: "Reducing Energy Costs in Local Government"
January 17, 2008
State Auditor Rebecca Otto today
announced that the Office of the State Auditor is conducting a Best
Practices Review on reducing energy costs
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State Auditor
Rebecca Otto and husband harness wind power with turbine
Thursday, 25 October 2007
by T.W. Budig, ECM capitol reporter
A whirling intermediary translates the sky
over State Auditor Rebecca Otto’s home. Otto and her husband
screenwriter Shawn Lawrence Otto
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 State Auditor
Rebecca Otto's home featured on WCCO TV's
'Project Energy'
September 1, 2007
(WCCO) Paying attention to how we
use energy is more important than ever these days. One of the state's
top officials isn't just talking the talk.
read more or watch the segment online
 Rebecca Otto: Get the politics out of
budget forecasting
Minnesotans no
longer get a straightforward
assessment of the state's financial baseline.
June 05, 2007
Rebecca Otto
As Minnesota's state auditor, I feel it's
my responsibility to weigh in on the debate about whether or not to
include inflation in the state budget forecast, which the governor cited
as the cause of his veto of the tax bill.
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