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Casey Erlandson

Cottage Grove Village Board

Top Issues

Taxes / Budget Avoid resorting to referendum spending. Taxes / Budget Maintain both our essential services (water/sewer, EMS, fire) and our community benefits (parks & recreation, library programming). Taxes / Budget Broaden our tax base to avoid huge levy increases. Infrastructure / Transportation Elcome development that meets our needs and contributes rather than burdens our village.

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