<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2473734833804261353..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: Chicago Using $21.5 Million In Surplus TIF Revenues To Hire Extra Teachers</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2473734833804261353/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/chicago-using-215-million-in-surplus.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2772160752563393925</id><published>2014-01-21T17:47:51.059-05:00</published><updated>2014-01-21T17:47:51.059-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;Surplus TIF funds&amp;quot; is gibberish, if the...</title><content type='html'>&amp;quot;Surplus TIF funds&amp;quot; is gibberish, if there are excess TIF funds then retire the TIF.  TIFs were never meant to be perpetual.  Retiring TIFs is fiscally responsible and it returns much needed funds to property taxes.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2473734833804261353/comments/default/2772160752563393925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2473734833804261353/comments/default/2772160752563393925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/chicago-using-215-million-in-surplus.html?showComment=1390344471059#c2772160752563393925' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/chicago-using-215-million-in-surplus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2473734833804261353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/2473734833804261353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="5:47 PM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>