tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309130862744401000.post750481994118500671..comments2024-01-05T02:25:50.326-06:00Comments on Kansas GOP Insider (wannabe): Subsidizing Growth -- Probably Not an Awesome IdeaGidgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00871086076784603021noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309130862744401000.post-1508633533072165922016-05-09T14:50:01.425-05:002016-05-09T14:50:01.425-05:00http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/5/4/the-ha...http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/5/4/the-hays-document<br /><br />Just thought I'd leave this here. Again, I'm not 100% in the tank for Strong Towns, but I think Hays is onto something others are not. This document was created by government officials... normally something like this would come from Kansas Policy Institute or the like...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309130862744401000.post-89081437594471534972016-04-25T11:45:25.822-05:002016-04-25T11:45:25.822-05:00Anonymous is right. IMO the truth is somewhere in ...Anonymous is right. IMO the truth is somewhere in the middle between Marohn and the local officials that don't have a clue.Phaedrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300091061497918944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309130862744401000.post-3280918116472243882016-04-19T18:49:32.605-05:002016-04-19T18:49:32.605-05:00For a better look at what this means in action, yo...For a better look at what this means in action, you can visit www.astrongerhays.com. Some of us are paying attention and trying to change, but when the state (with the blessings of conservatives I might add) created TIFs and CIDs and STAR bonds, etc... Communities are forced to use them even if they don't want to. Tell a developer no once and all of the sudden you hear about how everyone else is willing to give them x, y and z and then they go to the media and get the public all whipped into a frenzy about how great their business will be for the town. Then when you say no all of the sudden you're evil because you're anti-business.<br /><br />Then the flip side of this conservatives right now really don't want to talk about is the property tax cap and how it IS anti-local control and long term, really doesn't fix the high property tax problem in our state... And really may make it worse. If local property taxes are high, you fix it by changing your local leaders. That's the only sure way to fix pretty much anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com