{"id":35399,"date":"2013-03-26T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T17:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=35399"},"modified":"2013-03-26T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T16:21:34","slug":"status-report-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=35399","title":{"rendered":"Status Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Saint Paul media world is holding its collective (heh) breath, wondering if Chris Coleman is going to announce a campaign for a third time as mayor.<\/p>\n

You can read the whole MPR piece here<\/a> – it notes that Coleman has jacked up taxes at a record pace, as well as the DFL’s defense (“stuff costs money!”).<\/p>\n

But I wanted to focus on this quotelet:<\/p>\n

Taxes may be higher, but Coleman said residents are getting their money’s worth.<\/p>\n

“If we’re going to have a great city that’s a safe city, a literate city, a fun city, a great place to live, you have to invest,” Coleman said. “And I think our citizens have continually said, ‘Yes, we’re prepared to pay for those things.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So let’s run those claims through the “Saint Paul Residentmeter”.<\/p>\n