tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5197642224827902924..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60429461736533815872012-08-15T04:26:44.811-05:002012-08-15T04:26:44.811-05:00TIFs are a means by which city officials can cover up holes in budgets. The TIFs act as slush funds that citizens---later and long after those officials have left office---must address. We need only look at Chicago, where Mayor Daley used TIFs as a slush fund.marksmall2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/00244591510971033189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71972298424565726162012-08-14T21:09:19.478-05:002012-08-14T21:09:19.478-05:00 Gez, you can't expect billionaire sports team owners to be treated like regular folk!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490253182039581408noreply@blogger.com