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CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 1075
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie has used it funds to hire,
train, equip and pay salaries of Public Safety Officers, and
WHEREAS, we believe the vast majority of governmental units
in the United States have used their Revenue Sharing Funds for
similar or other worthwhile, necessary and desirable purposes, and
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE City of
Eden Prairie that we support the concept of and the extension of
Federal Revenue Sharing and urge the Congress of the United
States to take prompt and positive action.
ADOPTED this 13th day of January, 1976.
W�1 fgan' H. Penzel , Mayor
SEAL
ATTEST:
J n D. Fra , Clerk
BILL FRENZEL DISTRICT OFFICES:
THIRD DISTRICT;MINNESDTA MRS.MAYBETH CHRISTENSEN,MANAGER
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December 16, 1975
Mr. Roger Ulstad, Village Manager
City of Eden Prairie
8950 Eden Prairie Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55343
Dear Mr. Ulstad:
SUBJECT: Revenue Sharing
1. Many local officials have asked me about the chances for renewing general
revenue sharing. Up until the last week or two, I have always responded that
there is no problem and that revenue sharing is certain to be extended. In
addition, I have predicted that it would be unlikely that the program would
have any new restrictions.
• 2. In the last several weeks, the picture has changed dramatically. The pressure
of our enormous fiscal deficit has begun to weigh hard on some of our Members
who would prefer to cut general revenue sharing rather than grant programs
which they control. Increasingly, I hear on the floor of the House complaints
about money wasted in revenue sharing and threats about terminating the
program. A copy of such a statement is attached herewith. The odds on the
extension of revenue sharing have dropped sharply. I still believe it can be
passed, and that it will be passed. However, I now believe that the conditions
here have changed sufficiently so that it is going to take a full-scale effort
to extend the program.
3. Therefore, if you favor the extension of revenue sharing, I hope you will
write so that I have a new letter for the record. If your local government
supports it, I hope you will send a resolution.
4. As usual, I will appreciate any comment, counsel or criticism you may
have.
Yours very truly,
BPlFrenzZ
Member of Congress
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December 4, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD;HOUSE R 11829
Mr.HAYS of Ohio.Mr.Chairman,will
the gentleman yield?
Mr:FRENZEL. I yield to the distin-
guished gentleman from Ohio._
Mr.HAYS of Ohio.Mr.Chairman,my
father used to say when he gave me a
dose of castor oil,"Actually,you may not
like this, but it may do you some good."
If you want to save some money, we
should do away with revenue sharing.
Every official in my"district is willing to
get the money and they have wasted it in
most cases.In my own county,the county
commissioners of my own party spent
$150,000 to put glass blocks in the wind-
dows of the jail in front of the bars so
prisoners could not escape. The only
trouble, we found when summer came
the prisoners were suffocating; so they
had to spend another$150,000 to air con-
dition it.It is probably the only air-con-
ditioned jail in the country.
That is an example of what we are
doing with revenue sharing.We are shar-
ing revenues we do not have. What we
ought to do is have the courage to tell
these fellows back home, "If you need
money,go to the taxpayers and ask them
to vote a levy or bond issue and see how'
far you get"
Mr. nv PONT.Mr.Chairman, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. FRENZEL.-I yield to the gentle-
man from Delaware.
(Mr. nv PONT asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr.nv PONT. Mr. Chairman, a few
moments ago I was absent from the floor
at an appointment with the House physi-
cian and missed the vote on the Stark
amendment to this bill.Had I been pres-
ent, I would have voted "aye," in order
to.remove from the bill the capital loss
carryback provision of section 1402 of
the bill.
M7r.CONABLE.Mr,Chairman,will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. FRENZEL. I yield to the gentle-
man from New York.
Mr.CONABLE.Mr.Chairman,I.thairk
the gentleman for yielding.
Mr.Chairman, I cannot leave this at-
tack on revenue sharing unanswered.
There is no more important tax reform
measure before this House than the ex-
tension of revenue sharing.If we want to
cant the whole tax system toward regres-
sive taxes, toward sales taxes and real
estate taxes, then the best way is to re-
fuse to enact the extension of revenue
sharing.
To terminate revenue sharing will
move the whole tax system away from
progressivity,which supposedly is the is-
sue in tax reform.
Mr.FRENZEL.I thank the gentleman,
and I agree with him.
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