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14 hours ago ago from Downtown Voices Coalition
[Source: Arizona Republic ; section headers organized by yours truly] With this being Christmas week, we figured you wouldn't want to read a traditional editorial any more than we wanted to write one. So today, we lighten things up a bit with awards for notable achievements in 2009. Phoenix Overall Story of the year: Phoenix did the virtually impossible this year it cut $270 million from the general fund to balance the budget due to ...
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What part of " Stadium Boom Deepens Municipal Woes " was not apparent during the years of controversy leading up to the votes by city and county commissioners to approve the construction of the new Marlin's stadium in Miami? Tell me. "From New Jersey to Ohio to Arizona, the stadiums were sold as a key to redevelopment and as the only way to retain sports franchises. But the deals that were used to persuade taxpayers to finance their ...
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14 hours ago ago from Car Insurance Quotes
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21 hours ago ago from The Western Lines
The Howard government was able to provide income tax cuts virtually every year after the budget went into surplus. Thanks Rudd's big government we will be getting tax increases instead: ACROSS-THE-BOARD income tax cuts are off Labor's agenda as the Henry review looks instead to ease the burden on individual taxpayers by simplifying returns and reducing churn in the tax and family payment systems. The compromise at the heart of the report ...
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