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beings who re-define their reality by taking a stand for what is currently impossible and acting to make it happen regardless of past experience or current circumstances. Transformational leaders must create what has never been, not fix what is there. In order to this, they must acknowledge that the game has changed, that everything we know is useless in the new game and that nobody knows what the rules are in the new game. Lastly, transformational leaders produce results regardless of circumstances and have the ability to tolerate chaos and breakdowns when making changes. Transformational leaders declare the impossible, possible. " PRICE OF GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, 12/7, Samantha and I attended a 'Price of Government' seminar hosted by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of this conference was to debate the Price of Government policy proposed to the Legislature in a 1992 policy statement drafted by the Minnesota Chamber. At the start of the 1995 legislative session, the Governor is to recommend to the legislature that they adopt a resolution that would set the price of government for the next two years. The Governor is also to recommend how total revenues should be divided between state and local governments and the appropriate mix and rates of income, sales and other state taxes. Historically, Minnesotan's have paid about 18. 75 percent of their personal income to state and local government in the form of taxes and fees. The projection by the Minnesota Department of Finance and the Minnesota Department of Revenue, as presented at this conference, is that this amount is not expected to increase over the next couple of years. The Chamber is OK with this. They are, however, opposed to this percentage increasing any more than this amount. There were several speakers who presented their side of the argument including, Jim Miller, Executive Director of the League of Minnesota Cities, Mark Andrew, Chair, Hennepin County Commissioners, Dan Salamone from the MN Taxpayers Association, Peter Hutchinson and several legislators. It is noteworthy to add that most of the speakers were not focusing on cost of government but value received. Peter Hutchinson described value as quality divided by price, a concept that was referred to throughout the conference. ARBITRATION On Tuesday, 12/6, City staff and Labor Relations Associates, representing the City, and the Teamsters Union, representing the Police Officers, met with the arbitrator to present oral arguments. The next step in the process is for both parties to present an official brief to the arbitrator, scheduled for January 6. The arbitrator then has 30 days to make a ruling. Tim C.