tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2917003439868932239..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Terre Haute Mayor Accused By Department Head Of Using TIF Monies To Meet PayrollGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66951705194127454732014-05-23T14:14:03.790-05:002014-05-23T14:14:03.790-05:00Terre Haute is on the edge of financial collapse. ...Terre Haute is on the edge of financial collapse. The so-called "fiscally conservative" Republican mayor operates in every way the same as his Democrat predecessors. In other words, spend-spend-spend. <br /><br />The TIF districts administered by the local Redev. Commission is the same disgusting crony operation as every other city. Money flows to those with the political connections and away from other taxpayers and businesses. The well-connected make a ton of money and everyone else suffers.<br /><br />The best thing that could happen to both these groups, the city and the redevelopment commission, is for all of them to finally run out of other people's money and then leave us alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69796212603731940912014-05-23T11:22:09.599-05:002014-05-23T11:22:09.599-05:00Anyone remember the property tax "solution&qu...Anyone remember the property tax "solution" known as 1/2/3 or changes made in school funding; which could free those funds for abuses of treasury leveraging?<br /><br />Why did the country's biggest spenders abandon TIFs in California? Could it be the economic viruses propagated by faux-gressives affects them too, between their rank & file?Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19770296494813684942014-05-23T10:15:17.389-05:002014-05-23T10:15:17.389-05:00I'm curious as to whether you're implying ...I'm curious as to whether you're implying that we really ought to elect comptrollers? I kinda doubt anyone has any idea what they do (land airplanes at the municipal airport?) so even if they are elected it seems likely that you get a democratic one in a democratic town (etc.) and whomever actually gets elected simply hires folks who (knock on wood) actually does the work and might plausibly know how to accomplish that) while simply providing a slating fee to the local party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com