I HAVE BEEN A MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT SINCE 1990, AND HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN MINNESOTA. WHAT I FEEL MAKES MINNESOTA SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IS ITS CIVIC INVOLVEMENT. I HOPE THAT IN THIS TIME OF ECONOMIC TROUBLES, WE REIVOGIRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN TAKE A FEARFUL APPROACH AND CUT BACK ON ALL THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE MADE THIS STATE SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.