Letter to Editor: Stensrud Seeks Input

Dear Neighbor,

We face another round of difficult decisions this legislative session as we work to help our state meet today’s challenges and prepare for demands of the future.

The choices we face span pretty much every corner of state operations: How should future surplus funds be applied? Where is the greatest need for tax reform? Should voters be required to provide photo ID? How should Minnesota handle health care? Should the state participate in funding for construction of a new Vikings stadium? What is the best way to pay delayed K-12 education funding?

I invite local citizens to provide input on these topics and others through an online survey I am conducting. People currently seem to really be engaged in the process … and for good reason. I recently wrote how our aging workforce means our states demographic landscape is going to change; fewer workers will be supporting a greater percentage of non-working citizens. How we respond now will go a long way toward telling our future and it is up to us to enact prudent measures to help us not only weather this change, but to thrive.

Some of the survey questions pertain to proposals in our Reform 2.0 package. Other questions are more course-of-action driven. It should only take a few moments for you to complete and your feedback would be greatly appreciated; there also is a place for respondents to provide general comments or to address a topic which may have been omitted.

You can log on to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Stensrud2012Survey to
participate in the survey or call my legislative assistant at (651)296-4295 to request a paper version. I will release the results later this session.

Sincerely,
State Rep. Kirk Stensrud (42A)