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1950's | 1960's and 1970's | 1980's through present
1970's
- Linking a Commitment to Desegregation with Choices for Quality Schools (December 1979)
- Letter to the Metropolitan Council on Hospitals (December 1979)
- Statement: Emergency Energy Assistance (November 1979)
- A More Rational Discussion of Taxes and the Economy (October 1979)
- Background Report to: A More Rational Discussion of Taxes and the Economy (October 1979)
- Statement to the Metropolitan Health Board (September 1979)
- Comments on the Metropolitan Council 1980 Work Program and Budget (September 1979)
- Statement to the Metropolitan Health Board (June 1979)
- Recommendation for the New Studies Component of the 1979-80 Citizens League Work Program (May 1979)
- Statement to the Metropolitan Transit Commission Concerning A Proposed Fare Increase (April 30, 1979)
- Memo: Collective Bargaining for Public Employees (April 1979)
- Statement on Regional Financing (April 1979)
- Memo: Downtown People Mover in St. Paul (March 1979)
- Statement and Update on Report 290: Taking the Waste Out Of Minnesota's Refuse (February 1979)
- Testimony before the Minneapolis Cable Communications Commission (March 1979)
- Initiative and Referendum: "No" For Minnesota (February 1979)
- A Risk-Shared Basis for Pensions: How Taxpayers and Employees Can Benefit Through Greater Sharing of Responsibility for Public Pensions (December 1978)
- Local Discipline, Not State Prohibition (October 1978)
- Knitting Local Government Together: How a Merger of City-County Functions Can Provide Better Local Services for Twin Cities Citizens (September 1978)
- Report of the Program Planning Task Force (June 1978)
- Improving the "Discussion" of Public Affairs (June 1978)
- Community Plans for City Decisions (June 1978)
- Letter to Commissioner of Transportation about MnDOT Transportation Plan (May 1978)
- Letter to Metropolitan Council on Proposal for Met Council to Own and Operate Public Housing (May 1978)
- Statement on Transportation Development Program (May 1978)
- We Make it Too Easy for the Arsonist (April 1978)
- A Strategy for Federal Urban Policy: The Activation of State Law-Making (March 1978)
- Strategy for New Housing Construction (March 1978)
- Needed: A Policy for Parking (January 1978)
- More Care About the Cost of Hospitals
- Public Meetings for the Public's Business (September 1977)
- A Better Way to Help the Poor (July 1977)
- Letter to Metropolitan Council about Appointments to Metro Transit Commission (June 1977)
- Helping the Metropolitan Economy Change (June 1977)
- Statement by Transit Tax and Finance Tax Task Force (April 1977)
- Testimony before Subcommittee on Structure, House Committee on Local and Urban Affairs (March 1977)
- Selective Control is the Only Way to Protect Elms (March 1977)
- Declining Enrollments in Higher Education: Let Consumers Make the Choices (February 1977)
- Statement: An Elected Metropolitan Council (March 1977)
- Financing Urban Redevelopment (October 1976)
- Broadening Options in Child Care (September 1976)
- Suppressing Burglary (September 1976)
- Statement: Recommended Position on Minneapolis City Charter Reform (October 1976)
- The Citizens League Itself (July 1976)
- Statement: Changes to the Role of Mayor and Coordinator (July 1976)
- Careful Use of Public Money for Private Leisure-Time Activities (March 1976)
- Balancing the New Use and Re-Use of Land (January 1976)
- Statement: Circuit-Breaker Monitoring (January 1976)
- Serving Diversity: A New Role for Channel 2 (August 1975)
- Taking the Waste Out of Minnesota's Refuse (August 1975)
- The Parade of Neighborhoods (August 1975)
- Statement on the Metropolitan Council Transportation Policy Plan (July 1975)
- Resolution to Hennepin County Board (June 1975)
- Broaden Opportunities for Legislative Service (May 1975)
- An Election-like Process for Appointments (April, 1975)
- Reducing Property Tax Inequities Among Taxpayers and Cities (March 1975)
- A Pioneering Effort to Create Housing Rehab Visibility and Save Money (February 1975)
- More Contributions and Smaller Contributions: Public Regulation of Financing Local Political Campaigns (December 1974)
- CL Urges Yes Vote on the State Constitutional Amendments Nov. 5 (October 1974)
- CL Position on Vote for Minneapolis Government Reorganization (October 1974)
- Program Planning Task Force Proposal (September 1974)
- Matching Pupils, Teachers, Buildings, and Budgets (August 1974)
- Statement to the Minneapolis Charter Commission (August 1974)
- A River to Use and Enjoy (June 1974)
- Statement on New Rehab Loan and Grant Program (June 1974)
- A Better Role for Consultants (April 1974)
- Local Government in a Time of Transition (February 1974)
- Statement: Citizens League Opposes Concentration of State Power in Metropolitan Reorganization (February 1974)
- Statement: A Fresh Look at a New Direction in Transportation Planning (January 1974)
- Transit: Redirected Priorities Toward a Small Vehicle System (January 1974)
- Overcoming Obstacles to the Purchase of Service (January 1974)
- Growth Without Sprawl (September 1973)
- Statement to the Task Force of the Minneapolis Charter Commission (July 1973)
- Amicus Curiae Brief: Burnsville v. Onischuk (1973)
- Strengthening Leadership in the Career Public Service (July 1973)
- Statement: Moving Traffic on I-94 During Construction (June 1973)
- Building Confidence in Older Neighborhoods (June 1973)
- Statement on June 12th Referendum on Capital Improvements in Minneapolis (1973)
- Building Incentives for Drivers to Ride (March 1973)
- Statement on Metro Transit (February 1973)
- Statement on Metropolitan Affairs (January 1973)
- Statement on Citizens League Library Study (January 1973)
- Statement on Legislative Coordination (December 1972)
- Cable TV for the Neighborhood and for the Region (November 1972)
- Accountability in Schools: Not a Threat but a Real Hope (November 1972)
- Statement to Met Council on Revised Development Guide on Housing (December 1972)
- Statement on Transportation Chapter of the Metropolitan Development Guide (November 1972)
- Why Not Buy Service? An Alternative System for the Delivery of Public Services (September 1972)
- Statement: Transportation Plan Proposals (August 1972)
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- Statement: Metropolitan Council Structure and Operations (July 1972)
- State Fiscal "Crises" are Not Inevitable: 3 Basic Proposals To Help Minnesota's Governor and Legislature Cope with Complex, Rapidly-Changing Issues (June 1972)
- Statement: Arrangements for Air Pollution Control in the Metropolitan Area (May 1972)
- Statement: Voter Response to the St. Paul Schools Bond Proposal (March 1972)
- Statement: What is the Most Useful Approach to the Transportation Problem? (January 1972)
- An Agenda for Re-Building St. Paul Schools in a Time of Educational Change (October 1971)
- Presentation to the Metropolitan Council and Transit Committee on Transportation (October 1971)
- Supplemental Statement on Revenue Distribution (August 1971)
- Statement to Senate and House Tax Committees (June 1971)
- Better Use of Land and Housing: A Modest Proposal for a New Public Role in the Re-Building of the Older Neighborhoods of the Twin Cities (April 1971)
- An Urban College: New Kinds of "Students" on a New Kind of "Campus" (April 1971)
- Resolving Teacher-School Board Disputes: A Proposal for an Improved Process of Collective Bargaining in Education (March 1971)
- Supplementary Statement on Metro Parks and Open Space (February 1971)
- Metropolitan Issues and Metropolitan Organization (March 1971)
- Transit: The Key Thing is to Build Usage! How the Twin Cities Area Can Plan and Finance a Balanced Auto/Transit System (February 1971)
- Statement in Favor of Continuing Operation of Hennepin County General Hospital (February 1971)
- Needed: Better Ways of Making Environmental Choices: Recommendations on Improving the Environmental Decision-Making Framework in Minnesota (January 1971)
- Getting Answers for the Control of Crime: Suggestions for Strengthening the Governor's Crime Commission to Meet the Challenge of Crime in Minnesota (December 1970)
- New Formulas for Revenue Sharing in Minnesota: To Balance Local Government Needs with Overall State Fiscal Objectives (September 1970)
- Hospital Centers . . . and a Health Care System: Suggestions for the Role of Hennepin County General Hospital and the New Area-Wide Comprehensive Health Planning Program (July 1970)
- Suburbs in the City: Ways to Expand Participation and Representation in Minneapolis Government (May 1970)
- Statement on Proposed Non-Property Taxes for Minneapolis (April 1970)
- Statement to the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission (February 1970)
- Organizing Fiscal Information for Public Policy Purposes (January 1970)
1960's
- Statement: Sanitary Sewers: Policies, System Plan and Program (December 1969)
- New Airports for the 70s (and After) (October 1969)
- Statement: General Hospital Bond Referendum (August 1969)
- Stretching the School Salary Dollar: How a Redefinition of "the Teacher's Job" Can Ease Problems for Minnesota Teachers and Taxpayers (July 1969)
- Statement on the Amendment Concerning Liquor Patrol Limits (June 1969)
- Adequate Housing is New Everyone's Problem: A Proposal to Expand the Public Responsibility for Solutions (May 1969)
- Statement: Non-Property Revenue for Local Government (May 1969)
- Who Will Help Us Get Action? A Proposal to Answer the Appeal for Political Leadership in Solving the Problems Confronting the City of Minneapolis (April 1969)
- Statement on Metropolitan Area Sewage (March 1969)
- Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
- Dissent: Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
- Statement: Schumann Bill for Community Colleges (March 1969)
- Another Quiet Crisis: Public Employment (December 1968)
- Highways, Transit and the Metropolitan Council: How the Twin Cities Area Can Develop a Planned, Balanced Transportation System (December 1968)
- Letter to Stafford King, State Auditor (November 1968)
- Metropolitan Policy and Metropolitan Development: A Proposal for Government Organization in the Twin Cities Area (October 1968)
- Statement: Response to the Metropolitan Council's Plan for Sewage Collection and Treatment in the Twin Cities Area (September 1968)
- Statement: Proposed Millage Increase for Minneapolis School Board (September 1968)
- Preserving Green Space in Metropolitan Development: A Parks and Open Space Commission for the Twin Cities Area (July 1968)
- Letter to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Metropolitan Council (1968)
- Letter: Vocational Techn (February 1968)
- Organization for State Policy Making: Twenty-nine Proposals for Strengthening the Minnesota Legislature (February 1968)
- Statement to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (February 1968)
- Policy on the Creation of Additional Special Districts in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (January 1968)
- Guidelines for the Selection of a New Minnesota Highway Commission (January 1968)
- Statement: Merger of Minneapolis and Hennepin County Jails (November 1967)
- Statement: Creation of Additional Special Districts in the Metropolitan Area (November 1967)
- Statement: Suggested Criteria for the Chairman of the Metropolitan Council (June 1967)
- Community Colleges for the Twin Cities Area (June 1967)
- Legislative Procedures Committee Interim Report (May 1967)
- Tax Relief and Reform Proposal (May 1967)
- Statement on Amendment Concerning Liquor Patrol Limits (May 1967)
- A Metropolitan Council for the Twin Cities (February 1967)
- Hennepin County Government Reorganization (December 1966)
- Needed: An Areawide Civic Organization Specializing in Metropolitan and Local Government Affairs (November 1966)
- Summary of Comments and Proposals on Areawide Governmental Problems (November 1966)
- Refuse Collection and Disposal in the Metropolitan Area (November 1966)
- Proposed Amendment 21 (the Finance Amendment) to the Minneapolis City Charter (October 1966)
- Citizens League Executive Committee Recommendations on City-County Space Needs (October 1966)
- Metropolitan Area Zoo (August 1966)
- Statement on Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 20: An Amendment Increasing the Taxing Authority of the Minneapolis Library Board (August 1966)
- 1967 Minneapolis School Financial Needs (July 1966)
- Minneapolis-Hennepin County Jails (July 1966)
- Statement on Proposed Charter Commission Amendments (June 1966)
- Minneapolis Residential Street Paving (June 1966)
- Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (May 1966)
- City of Minneapolis Proposed Wage & Benefits Increases for Police & Fire (April 1966)
- City of Minneapolis Financial Condition and Structure: Proposed Charter Amendments 20 and 21 (April 1966)
- Needed Improvements in Voting Procedures (March 1966)
- Location of the New South High School, Minneapolis Public Schools (November 1965)
- Impleemntation of Citizens League Transit Report (October 1965)
- Future of Central High School, Minneapolis Public Schools (September 1965)
- Procedures for Selectiong an Assessor for Minneapolis (May 1965)
- Property Tax Assessment Reform (May 1965)
- Hennepin County Need for a Uniform Merit Personnel System (May 1965)
- Future Role of the Metropolitan Planning Commission (May 1965)
- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Sewage Needs (April 1965)
- Statements from March 11, 1965 and April 15, 1965 on City Structure (April 1965)
- Local Consent Requirements to State Law (April 1965)
- Transit Problem in the Twin Cities Area (April 1965)
- Should the Minneapolis Workhouse be Transferred to Hennepin County? (March 1965)
- The Minnesota Municipal Commission: Where Now? (March 1965)
- Minneapolis Public Library Services & Facilities (March 1965)
- Recommendations for Changes in Veterans Preference Hiring (Minneapolis & Hennepin County) (February 1965)
- Recommendations of the County Courts Review Committee (January 1965)
- Core City-Subruban Subsidies: Parts of the Banovetz Thesis Summarized (December 1964)
- Courtroom Bailiffs: Consolidation of Duties for District & Municipal Courtrooms (December 1964)
- County Home Rule Charters (November 1964)
- Minneapolis Park Board Procedures for Seeking a New Superintendent (October 1964)
- Minneapolis Public Schools Voter Referendum on a 3.4 Mill Increase (October 1964)
- Minneapolis Public Schools 5-Mill Increase (June 1964)
- City of Minneapolis Restructuring of City Government (January 1964)
- Minneapolis Public Schools Construction Program (January 1964)
- Minneapolis Public School System Building Needs (October 1963)
- Review of the Michigan State University Report on Minneapolis Public School Needs (October 1963)
- Legislation to Fold the Minneapolis Park System into Hennepin County (June 1963)
- Statement of Appreciation and Commendation to Hennepin County Legislators (June 1963)
- Legislation to Change the 1958 Constitutional Amendment Requiring "Local Consent" for Special Acts Passed by the Legislature (May 1963)
- To Establish a Legislative Research Committee for Hennepin County (April 1963)
- Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission Proposed Mill Levy (April 1963)
- Minnesota Property Tax Assessment Procedures (April 1963)
- Consent Provision of the Minneapolis Zoning Law (March 1963)
- Future Status and Control of Minneapolis General Hospital (March 1963)
- Hennepin County Park Reserve Board Bond Issue (March 1963)
- Minneapolis Board of Education Special School District Act March 1963
- Minnesota Municipal Commission (March 1963)
- Hennepin County Court Reorganization (February 1963)
- Statement on Minneapolis Charter Revision Proposal (February 1963)
- Reapportionment of Hennepin County Commissioner Districts (November 1962)
- Proposed Independent Review of Minneapolis Fire and Policy Pay and Work Policies (November 1962)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment: Minimum Pay Levels for Firemen and Policemen (October 1962)
- Minneapolis Board of Education Proposed 6-Mill Increase (September 1962)
- League Research and Action Program 1962-1963 (September 1962)
- Minneapolis Public Schools $5 Million School Bond Issue (August 1962)
- Minneapolis Public Schools Proposed 6-Mill Increase Levy (July 1962)
- A Review of the Urban Renewal Program, Neighborhood Rehabilitation (May 1962)
- Minneapolis Public Schools 5-Year Construction Plan (May 1962)
- Expanding Facilities at Glen Lake Home School for Boys in Hennepin County (March 1962)
- City of Minneapolis Guiding Policies for Processing Liquor Licenses (October 1961)
- Citizens League Task Force on Publicity, Public Relations and Membership Growth (Second Report) (September 1961)
- Citizens League Task Force on Publicity, Public Relations and Membership Growth, 1961-1962 (September 1961)
- Citizens League Research and Action Program 1960-1961 (September 1961)
- Citizens League Research and Action Program 1961-1962 (July 1961)
- Minneapolis Board of Education Proposed Mill Increase (July 1961)
- City of Minneapolis Library System's Organization and Operation (July 1961)
- City of Minneapolis Library Board Need for Additional Revenue (May 1961)
- Proposals to Finance Additional Policemen and Additional Library Expenditures by Increased Property Tax: City of Minneapolis Charter Amendments 17 and 19 (May 1961)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 18: Addition of Ex-Officio Library Board Member to Board of Estimate and Taxation (May 1961)
- Commenation on Glen Lake Sanatorium (May 1961)
- Proposed Legislation on Local Consent Required on Special Acts of the Legislature (May 1961)
- Proposed Amendment to the Home Rule Enabling Act (April 1961)
- The Proposed Bill for a Metropolitan Sanitary District (April 1961)
- City of Minneapolis Changes in Issuing Liquor Licenses (April 1961)
- Recommendations to Improve the Public Employees Retirement Association (March 1961)
- Charter Amendment to Establish Minneapolis City Council Administrative Officer (March 1961)
- Charter Amendment to Increase the Number of Policy in Minneapolis (March 1961)
- Proposed Legislation on Local Consent Required on Special Acts of the Legislature (March 1961)
- Proposed Legislation to Enable a Levy of City Income Tax or Earnings Tax (March 1961)
- Reapportionment of Hennepin County for the Election of County Commissioners (February 1961)
- Water Supply and Sewage Disposal in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (December 1960)
- Equalization of Property Assessments (December 1960)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 18: Tax on Local Telephone Service (October 1960)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 17: Prohibiting Borrowing for Current Expenses (October 1960)
- Referendum on Minneapolis School Board's Taxing Increase of Five Mills (October 1960)
- Report and Recommendations on Proposed Minneapolis Zoning Ordinance (September 1960)
- Future Use of Glen Lake Sanatorium Facilities (June 1960)
- Survey of Problems of Educating High Ability Students in Our Senior High Schools (March 1960)
- Borrowing Policy for the City and School District of Minneapolis (February 1960)
- Guidelines for Selecting a New Executive Director for the Metro Airports Commission (February 1960)
- City of Minneapolis Procedures for Issuing Liquor Licenses (January 1960)
- Proposed Resolution for a General Hospital Service League (January 1960)
1950's | 1960's and 1970's | 1980's through present
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