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• The Minnesota Budget Project (whose Minnesota Budget Bites blog is a really fascinating read for lay people like myself, by the way) sums up the tax changes in the 2009 legislative session. It’s longish, but in an easy-to-read format with headlines, bullets, tables, etc. You can easily skim for the part you’re most interested in.
• The Longfellow and Nokomis Real Estate Blog lists the Halloween celebrations happening at the Minneapolis parks in that neighborhood.
• MPLS Mirror reports on the state’s Oct 9-22 Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign. The Mirror did not cite their source, so I’m assuming this came in an email from someplace official and is available somewhere publicly. There were a grand total of 244 citations state-wide. At $25 a pop, that’s $6100 in revenue for the state, not including any potential court and administrative fees. There’s also this statistic, though: “In the last three years (2006–2008) in Hennepin County, 102 motorists died — 40 were unbelted — and another 585 were seriously injured. The estimated economic impact of unbelted deaths and serious injuries in Hennepin County during this period was $53,499,500.” Surely it’s about the cost savings and not the paltry revenue from tickets issued. Is it worth it? Is it working?
• As of this morning, 2nd Ave N in downtown Minneapolis has converted from one-way to two-way. That change was related to Target Field cutting off a portion of 3rd Ave N. For further info on traffic plans for downtown Minneapolis, see TransformingMinneapolis.org.
• City of Lakes Urbanism has photos of pre-revenue service (i.e., practice) on the Northstar commuter rail line and the extension of the Hiawatha LRT line.

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