
My name is Byron “Barney” Nesseth and I am running for Goodhue County Commissioner in District 3. As your county commissioner I will be a strong advocate for reduced spending and lower taxes for the residents of Goodhue County. The county budget needs to have a few years of 0% growth. Other counties and cities in the area are reducing their budgets, but our county budget just seems to climb 2-4% every year. The budget in 2006 was 47.9 million, in 2012 the budget is 54.2 million. That is a 6.3 million dollar(13%) increase in county government spending in just the last 6 years. This never ending march of higher taxes needs to come to a stop. When elected as your county commissioner I will promote jobs. The county needs to focus on business development. We need to work with existing … [Read more...]





