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St. Paul mayoral candidates debate taxes, campaign tactics
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| Last Edited | Eric Nov 04, 2005 03:22pm |
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| News Date | Friday, November 4, 2005 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | St. Paul, Minn. — Chris Coleman's campaign promises include creating what he calls a "second shift" to keep the city's parks and recreation centers open later. The idea is to provide a safe place for kids to go after school that will keep them out of trouble.
Coleman also says he wants to keep fire stations open and restore public safety jobs. Throughout the campaign, the former city council member has avoided putting a pricetag on those proposals.
At the Wednesday night debate sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and other city organizations, Coleman put a number on how much his promises would cost.
"Eight million dollars, an additional $2 million in revenue over each of the next four years," Coleman said.
Coleman says the additional cost would amount to about a 3 percent increase in property taxes. He says he would work to keep property taxes low by expanding the city's tax base and securing state and federal dollars.
But Kelly says fellow DFLer Coleman's proposals would increase spending more like 15 to 20 percent.
"Now, I know that probably isn't something you want to tell people," Kelly said to Coleman, "because most people don't like surprises other than at Christmas."
Coleman accused Kelly of making up numbers and using "Rovian" campaign tactics, referring to President Bush's senior advisor and chief political strategist, Karl Rove.
Coleman also accused Kelly of not running a fair campaign, saying Kelly's operatives are misrepresenting his record. |
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