Closing of MN Government

jpretz · 07-05-2005

What is the deal!?!? Why is everthing closed? When will it be back up? I need to get my title so i can sell my car... and I'm only ONE day off.

UGH!!!

tpunx99GSX · 07-05-2005

Nice double topic.
That sucks about the government closing though...

jpretz · 07-05-2005

Is it... oops! Sorry, delete plz.

Jana · 07-05-2005

fixed

The government is shut down until they can all come to an agreement on the budget. Did you not hear about this last week? The MN DMV will not be open until everything is agreed upon, along with many roadside rest areas, and other area's of the government I could really care less about.

jpretz · 07-05-2005

How long is it estimated to take?

howslowcanyougo · 07-05-2005

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Originally Posted by jpretz

How long is it estimated to take?

Who gives a crap anyway?

They can just leave it closed and gimme back my $400 a month I give them for absolutly nothing in return.

BTW, Sears is still open for tabs, transfers etc.......

After all what do "they" really give us back for the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars we throw at them each year?

Us working folks are getting ROBBED each and every paycheck period!

I give the Govener 100% props for trying to keep our taxes from being the highest in the nation, and thereby keeping businesses and jobs from moving away to ANY other lower taxed state!

People need to quit winning about the availablity of the 1 or 2 things that the state requires only the state to do, and just back the Govener right now so our local business economy does't get jacked longterm.

IMHO......Rant......

AJ · 07-05-2005

Yeah, this puts a damper in me sellin gmy car as well. I know there are other forms of paperwork yo ucan use if the title is still in transition but you still need an open office ot get it. Sucks for alot of people in many ways.

Jakey · 07-05-2005

Didn't this happen in Minnesota a few years back also?

AJ · 07-05-2005

No, this is the first time in MN history this has happened. At least that was what was reported on a few radio and news channels.

**Halon** · 07-05-2005

I had heard the DMV was still open. Just certain parts of it had closed down. Like you can still go and renew your license, but if you are someone who is getting your very first license, then you are SOL because they closed that part of it down.

CarPsyco84 · 07-06-2005

I love the fact that when they don't come to an agreement, and now that everythings shut down, the people that can't agree are still getting payed, I think there pay should get cut, speed things up a bit....

Enes · 07-06-2005

If anything that should get cut first would be the over abundance of office workers at the goverment buildings, all of their secretaries (ie their lovers) should be laid off instead of laid on.

instead they shut down the general low lvl workers who barely make 25 to 40k / year and let the 50 to 80k / year go home with pay. how fair is that, paid vacation for some and not paid for others.

-e

ABV · 07-06-2005

I think AAA has some DMV services as well. I'm pretty sure you can transfer titles and get tabs there. Or at least they used to do that. I think there's an office in Burnsville off of 35W and Burnsville Parkway.

**Halon** · 07-06-2005

My dad's wife works in the court downtown. She told me that the dmv services there are still operational. But the testing booths are closed so first time licenses are unavailable. But tags, all that crap is still available.

Phaze1ne · 07-06-2005

So if I buy a used car right now, I can't get the title transfered?

**Halon** · 07-06-2005

She told me the downtown office is still open, but she can't speak for the suburb offices. Just give them a call and ask them!

A//// Guy · 07-06-2005

Heres a list of whats open and whats not. There really isnt alot that is shut down, the media just talks like everything is shutdown....

WHAT STAYS OPEN:

-State Patrol troopers

-200 active road construction projects

-Basic school aid checks

-Unemployment and welfare benefits and disability payments

-MinnesotaCare, Medical Assistance and General Assistance Medical Care insurance coverage

-Universities and colleges

-Prisons, courts, crime labs

-Tax collections

-Minnesota State Lottery

-Minnesota Zoo

-State Capitol, including public tours and a privately funded 100th birthday celebration over the July 4 weekend

-Legislative and executive branch offices, including House, Senate and governor

-Renewals of drivers licenses and vehicle tabs

-Birth and death certificates

-Highway ramp meters and MnPASS toll system on I-394

-Metro Transit and Greater Minnesota Transit services, for the first month of a shutdown

-Metro Mobility transit service for the disabled

-Support services for people with disabilities

-Payments to nursing homes, pharmacies, personal care attendants and private-duty nurses

-Emergency response to disease outbreaks

-HIV/AIDS case management services

-Ventilators and medical equipment delivery for sick children

-Investigations into complaints against health care workers and suspected rabies cases

-Inspections of food, nursing homes and buildings

-Enforcement of hunting and fishing regulations

-Monitoring of air quality, landfills, fish hatcheries and tree nurseries

-Road and traffic signal repairs

-Stillwater Lift Bridge

-Most professional license renewals

-State parks, including campsites, picnic areas and restrooms

-Employment services for dislocated workers

-Air and water quality permits

-Enforcement of minimum wage, prevailing wage and overtime laws

-Processing of low-interest loans for farmers

-Routine work site inspections

WHAT IS CLOSED OR PUT ON HOLD:

-All but eight highway rest areas

-New driver's licenses

-Traffic message boards

-Payments to hospitals, clinics, health plans and dentists

-Local grants to public health agencies

-New applications for MinnesotaCare in most counties

jpretz · 07-07-2005

So they should still be doing titles?

FattyBoomBatty · 07-07-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by howslowcanyougo

Who gives a crap anyway?

They can just leave it closed and gimme back my $400 a month I give them for absolutly nothing in return.

After all what do "they" really give us back for the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars we throw at them each year?

Us working folks are getting ROBBED each and every paycheck period!

I give the Govener 100% props for trying to keep our taxes from being the highest in the nation, and thereby keeping businesses and jobs from moving away to ANY other lower taxed state!

People need to quit winning about the availablity of the 1 or 2 things that the state requires only the state to do, and just back the Govener right now so our local business economy does't get jacked longterm.

IMHO......Rant......

wow, that was a rant, because none of it was based in reality.

the fact is, you are not getting robbed, taxes are too low to support these government items. they're so low, in fact, that pawlenty himself is trying to scrounge up money in other places, like toll roads, higher cigarette taxes, and state run gambling outfits. "no new taxes" should really say, "move your taxes around and try to hide them from you".

the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars you spend enables the state to pay contractors to resurface roads, build new highways, and perform general maintainence, to name ONE area your money is used for. I assume you like cars and driving, since you are on this site, so, could you do with trees growing through your roads and pot holes the size of your car?

not me.

slowHonduh · 07-07-2005

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Originally Posted by EclipseTurbo

Heres a list of whats open and whats not. There really isnt alot that is shut down, the media just talks like everything is shutdown....

WHAT STAYS OPEN:

-Renewals of drivers licenses and vehicle tabs

I live in Maple Grove and i'd love to know where i can do both. I need to pay the $20 to get my license reinstated and i need tabs. I thought i was s.o.l. but you say otherwise. Do you know of any place that i could do both of these at?