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Melissa Hughes: “I think giving the most flexibility to communities to be…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Former WEDC Sec Missy Hughes discusses municipal/school dist govt w/ Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy

Published | Video Starts at 06:02

And you need those improvements in your schools, in your fire, in your police, in your EMS in order to be able to retain people and attract. It's all tied together. And so, absolutely, I think giving the most flexibility to communities to be able to find ways to raise their revenue and to improve what they need to improve within their communities is critical. Okay, thank you. So one of the things they did with the municipal levy limit law was they put debt service outside of the municipal levy limit. (06:02–06:14)

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