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President Clinton and his foreign- > "Insisting on a credible exit balance with the Serbian forces," Senate Armed Services Com- ate-ir.
<br /> itions they be policy advisers, trying to rally strategy"instead of th minis� said Sen. Rod Grams, R-Minn., mittee. $300-
<br />.0 come hOIIl support for his decision to send tration s vague andfused' who last Friday joined 28 other • $500
<br /> 20,000 Americans to help the un- one is vital to get th soldiers senators in sponsoring a resolu- theca
<br /> easy peace in Bosnia. home safely,said Senate Majority tion against sending the troops. Turn to CONGRESS on A9 It
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<br />.................................. With mall tax cases ;goo in for.'tax`r - ... their
<br /> -Malls .
<br /> g efun s
<br /> Ike settlement? r ' r to
<br /> Here are the mapr ar Its that have wo or are.,see p rty g
<br />)r the first time since e o value ad�ustmertts and refunds } caid b
<br /> suburban communities r l _ Hors
<br />'s began in France 17 = �- own i
<br /> ago, Premier Alain ' erookdale _
<br /> e said he is ready to c& M^center) c progri
<br /> tiate a settlement with schools are the losers '„ Mtn tnLaar.Y Map o0 141aK�3 two
<br /> 1 leaders and suggest- ,,C°Krt were
<br /> Pending in�b1►nn ,
<br /> at his plan for stream- Ar, - 'Y Yt Tax urt sets o
<br /> Frances state sector '
<br /> otiable.Turn to A6. Money is laid out or tied Y fi • _ _-
<br /> 1.1f. r � puttin
<br /> Rosedal signifi
<br /> Ridged }i s: ) e the ti<
<br /> By Norman Draper nesota's big tax bite coupled with i (Mrr;etor�a) Audrded zmtlGon y
<br /> Pending to Mtn : ' :;.' r[LYYe�iili7t s�eTcing
<br /> Star Tribune Staff Writer excessive valuations have made • VT's u
<br /> addition refunds. . - Turn t
<br /> life tough for many mall retailers _ —A g1
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<br /> Millions of dollars in public at a time when increased compe- posy
<br /> funds are being lost—either paid tition puts even more of a strain
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<br /> out or held hostage in reserve on their profit margins. '"' - - 4i Also o.
<br /> funds—to huge tax-refund cases Whatever the tionale for `:'Iq ® —Neu
<br /> Offi
<br /> involving all of the metro area's such cases,when large taxpayers. :Aaard�iS?.7 '�yY h
<br /> major suburban shopping malls. such as the malls reap ue prop-
<br /> `Sri Rillion rejundl^�
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<br /> P g P P : ll seelang f Y; ' '`" : a r ? f Y v x3 rel
<br /> Malls such as the Mall of erty-tax refunds, it comes out of addrnon?rl nda "_ P
<br /> America, Brookdale,
<br /> :°. ►.. Ridgedale• public coffers — counties, com- � � , � - {
<br /> •Mail A
<br /> and Burnsville Center have filed munities, school districts, even :, r Y,?tiy � 7 °�l^y' I rrr s s .
<br /> claims in Minnesota Tax Court watershed and mosquito-control Eden p
<br /> charging they've been grossly districts. °tEden ). ., axCou
<br /> overvalued and, thus, overtaxed, "What we're talking about is '�
<br /> Irnn Tax Bur tenter
<br /> _ on the basis of unrealistically [lost] tax dollars the jurisdictions r sit
<br /> Court �� ._v , ,� .,) N t, Genera!
<br /> high property values assigned to have already counted on receiv= ;- � . ti `�he �g�q�A inn �x°�- �• � ClassBi
<br /> - them by city and county as- ing," said Pat O'Connor Henne-
<br /> Taal Court• 4 y,...,, �, x nt
<br /> , r.� .. -• .. =fr....�, r. - ,_.,.-.., •.:.:-•r . .�„•:�� �;:: Circular
<br /> sessors. pin County auditor and treasurer.
<br />)'Leary Rosedale Mall in Roseville and They've already budgeted for Who pays for the Rosedale taz refund '
<br /> Edina's Southdale Mall already them."
<br />:ary defended have been awarded refunds total= In the case of Southdale,that Ramsey County $741,000 Mosquito Control .$7,395
<br /> ing$3.2 million and $4.7 million results in a$1.5 million loss of Roseville $L1 million Light Rail Authority $3,419
<br /> riding to a report of respectively. Those came from revenue for Edina,and a$1.7 mil- Roseville schools $=million Rice Creek Watershed $6,497
<br /> ending while on trips, Tax Court decisions to lower the lion loss for the Richfield School Metropolitan Council $8,647 NE Metro Intermediate $20,588
<br />'resident Al Gore de- valuation of Rosedale 38 percent District,which has Southdale Regional Transit $58,4.83 School District 916 7. 5'
<br /> i Energy Secretary over two years,and Southdale 20 within its boundaries. c day,
<br /> O' Mon
<br /> Leary.Turn to A4. percent over three years. -? covyr�;c
<br /> Mall representatives say Min- Turn to TAXES on A3 ' `'` ""'- '' Volume X1%
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