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New Vikings stadium? Not with my money.
9 hours ago ago from Smithers MINNEAPOLIS
Let Ziggy Milf build it. NYT : In 1996, voters in Hamilton County approved an increase of half of one percent in the sales tax that promised to build and maintain stadiums for the Bengals and the Reds, pay Cincinnati’s public schools and give homeowners an annual property tax rebate. The stadiums were supposed to spur development of the city’s dilapidated riverfront. But sales tax receipts have fallen so fast in the last year ...
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So, what motivates federal employees and others to move during retirement? While there may be other factors, this list covers a number of the considerations many of our fellow baby boomers and others consider important in making such a decision. First, we may decide to move because a specific job offer emerges from either the private or public sector. This offer to someone in greater demand could also include a future independent ...
Related contentMichigan schools on brink of spending crisis, not a funding crisis
22 hours ago ago from theblogprof
The Detroit News had this headline the other day: Michigan schools on brink of funding crisis . The subline was “double whammy of recession, tax reform spur looming deficits.” Of course, there would be no deficits if the spending level would be reduced to what it was just a few years ago as officials splurged on spending. Those conveniences that they spent on need to go. For one, all school services should be privatized ASAP. More than that ...
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21 hours ago ago from The Denver Chronicle
By reefer ReeferSmoke.com December 22, 2009 Legal weed in the Big Easy? What a genius idea! One of the 12 candidates running for mayor of New Orleans is Jerry Jacobs, running on a platform of Social Change , and some say a long-shot to win but he's put forward a great plan: Legalize Marijuana , to reduce crime and increase sales tax, in an attempt to triage the city's budget crisis. During an interview with WDSU Jacobs said: ...
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12 hours ago ago from Publicola
Last week, KUOW's Ross Reynolds invited me onto his program The Conversation to talk about the most underreported stories of 2009. Typically, though, I had a lot more to say than could fit into my three minutes. So here, in slightly longer form, are what I consider the top five most underreported local stories from the past year. 1) The stunning sweep of this year's Bellevue City Council races by a Kemper Freeman-backed slate of ...
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