TIF: What’s In? What’s Out?
Tonight the Board of Estimates may finally act on the TIF policy that we've been working on since fall of 2004 . . ....
I wonder . . .
So, we gutted the lobbyist registration ordinance last year . . . but some people still need to fill out the expense reports...
Who gets our TIF dollars? Who decides and how?
Today, on the longest Board of Estimates agenda of the year, the mayor has placed it on the agenda as item number ...
TIF Policy – What’s Next?
The committee finally finished its report! Only a year late!The report is done and now it goes off to the Board of Estimates...
TIF – Good questions.
The recent WSJ article about the Board of Estimates meeting on TIF made me ask some questions. I couldn't stay for meeting to ask...
An agenda for the City
This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...
The problem with TIF policy
Some things, require no explanation . . .*******************April 16, 2007 - Cancelled*******************May 14, 2007 - Cancelled*******************Meeting held June 4- Absent Sanborn, Konkel*******************June 18...
Revised TIF policy – will it take 3 years, or more?
Q: How long could it possibly take for the City of Madison to pass revisions to the TIF policy?A: An unbelieveably long...
TIF priorities
Yesterday the TIF Policy Committee met to discuss priorities for TIF funding. Current priorities are Support the Downtown, Neighborhood Revitalization and Economic...
TIF Assistance for the Gorman Project (800 E Washington Ave.)
So, apparently everyone wants to hear from me what I think about supporting TIF for the Gorman & Co project for the 800 block...
How much TIF for "business" is enough?
Budgeting for and actual spending for TIF, and particularly for the business community as opposed for City projects, has increased dramatically in the last...
James Madison Park Committee (& TIF Committee)
It's going to meet, really, truly. You won't be able to hold your breath until it happens, but here's the latest,...