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...source of non-partisan common sense ideas on the subject of state taxation. The association's executive director, Dan Salomone, had already testified before three committees by late January. Here is a sampling, taken from the MTA's Legislative...
...of his term. Lobbyists have their own ideas for handling the surplus and will be pressing those ideas on lawmakers. Dan Salomone, executive director of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Minnesota Taxpayers Association, believes the state could use...
...Taxpayers Association, the oldest tax research group in the state and heavily funded by business interests. Nevertheless, Dan Salomone, executive director of the Taxpayers Association, said he thinks Minnesota's decline in the rankings provided by...
...political leaders in both parties, going back to DFL Gov. Rudy Perpich in the 1980s. "This is good news," said Dan Salomone, president of the oldest tax research group in the state. "We've had good news and there's more in the hopper...
...size of the deficit "Let's see how far you can go with the spending side before you open up the tax question." -- Dan Salomone, executive director of the Minnesota Taxpayers Association, on how the shortfall should be approached "We stand ready...
...Tim Pawlenty has promised to block any tax hikes. "When we raise taxes on somebody, it's a tax increase," said Dan Salomone, the state's commissioner of revenue. So, what's being protected? Some exemptions affect large numbers of people...
...pledge and prevent Minnesota from being ranked one of the highest-taxed states in the future. Revenue Commissioner Dan Salomone said the Pawlenty administration sees the change as welcome but not that dramatic, and certainly not as grounds for...
...gave final approval to the contract without competitive bids a few days before the association's executive director, Dan Salomone, was named commissioner of the Department of Revenue. Salomone said he may have known he was under consideration for...
...federal welfare funds. The Pawlenty administration will make more noise in the budget debate, too. Revenue Commissioner Dan Salomone plans to present a new formula for distributing state aid to local governments, which would take effect in 2005 if...
...discussed with the emphasis on property taxes and proper and ecologically minded fertilizer practices. Speakers will be Dan Salomone, executive director of the Minnesota Taxpayer's Association; Pat Shelito, of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency...