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Mr. Nephew does his homework

In her 2/28/08 Star Tribune article Maplewood ready to get back on track Jean Hopfensperger said


Longrie charged that "the path we're going down" would hurt the citizens of Maplewood, and predicted that recent council actions -- including the approval of several road construction projects -- would ultimately lead to higher property taxes.


In preparation for the council goal setting session scheduled for yesterday that did not happen, Councilperson Nephew examined Ms. Longrie's assertion about road project approvals. According to his spreadsheet, the Copeland council spent 3,992,275.00 general fund dollars on road projects, while the current council anticipates spending $847,577.00, about one fifth as much.

One fifth as much.

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