In case you think the astonishingly incompetent (or complicit- you decide) non-performance of Minnesota Governor tim walz regarding welfare/social services fraud is just some Republican pay-back claim…
…you might want to read this letter, published by KTTC (NBC’s Rochester, Minnesota affiliate) and signed by 98 – that’s right, 98 – Mayors across the state.
Here is how it begins:
December 22″, 2025
Dear Minnesota State Representatives, Senators, & Governor Walz,
As mayors representing cities of every size across the State of Minnesota, we are on the front lines of delivering essential services, maintaining public safety, and ensuring that our communities remain places where families and businesses can thrive. It is from this position of direct responsibility that we write to express deep concern—and growing frustration—about the fiscal direction of the state and its increasing impact on our cities and the residents we serve.
Minnesotans watched an historic $18 billion surplus disappear in a single biennium, only to now face an updated projected $2.9 billion-$3 billion deficit in the 2028-29 biennium.” As mayors, we see firsthand how these decisions ripple outward. Fraud, unchecked spending, and inconsistent fiscal management in St. Paul have trickled down to our cities—reducing our capacity to plan responsibly, maintain infrastructure, hire and retain employees, and sustain core services without overburdening local taxpayers.
The recent Minnesota Chamber of Commerce report shows our state slipping in national economic rankings,” and these statewide indicators match what we observe at the local level. Between 2019 and 2024, Minnesota ranked:
**+ 33rd in GDP Growth
+ 39th in Job Growth«40th in Labor Force Growth
+ 33rd in Per-Capita Income Growth
«46th in Median Household Income Growth
«44th in Tech Job Growth
«44th in Overall Tax Competitiveness
+ Net out-migration of nearly 48,000 residents from 2020-2024*
These are not abstractions —they represent the real pressures faced by our cities: workforce shortages, slowed business investment, rising operational and construction costs, and families choosing to leave Minnesota altogether.
Do you get the sense that these Mayors – and, one would hope, the people they represent – are getting the drift of what is going on in this once safe, solid state, under the thumb of tim walz and his administration?
walz is running for re-election to a third term next year. We’ll find out whether Minnesotans have finally learned the lesson he is providing so expensively at that time.
But if they haven’t; if they re-elect this clown even after he has taken them straight downhill? I don’t want to hear any complaints.
You get what you vote for. And if Minnesotans can’t figure out what they get when they vote for tim walz by now, they never will.
