Two metro area counties, Anoka and Ramsey, have approved a 0.25 percent sales tax increase to fund transit projects. (MPR Graphic/Than Tibbetts)
Taxing transit in the metro
Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/26/2008, 9:06 a.m.
The seven counties in the metro area are voting on whether to impose the quarter-cent sales tax authorized by the new Minnesota transportation bill. Midmorning looks at who said yes and who said no, and what it means for the future of transit projects in the region.
Guests
Jim McDonough: Ramsey County Commissioner, representing District 6.
Randy Maluchnik: Carver County Commissioner, representing District 3.
Phil Krinkie: president of the Minnesota Taxpayer's League.
Audio
- Taxing transit in the metro (program audio)
Photos
More from MPR
- Anoka, Ramsey counties approve transit sales tax; Carver says 'no' (03/25/2008)
- News Cut: The selling of a sales tax







