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Coke Gets TIF, Austin Residents Get Stiffed
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Tom Tresser
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Jul 19, 2011
According to an excellent article in Austin Talks, Coca-Cola got $3.22 million to build a distribution facility in Austin and only 20 of the facility’s 325 employees are from Austin. Austin activist Dwayne...
$7 Million TIF Subsidy to Upscale Greektown Grocery
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Tom Tresser
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Jul 19, 2011
According to ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, $7 million in public funds have been awarded to private developers to build an upscale grocery store in Greektown, across the street from the Dominick’s at 1 North Halsted Street....
Tell City What You Think About TIFs
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Tom Tresser
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Jun 28, 2011
Tell the Chicago TIF Task Force what you think about TIFs at a new online forum set up at http://bit.ly/iZuhP1. Tom’s replies are the first in all forums except #3. Tweet
Tax Breaks & Ethic Filings – Both Opaque
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Tom Tresser
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Jun 20, 2011
Today’s front page of The Chicago Tribune is a ringing endorsement for the concept of The TIF Report and its parent organization, The CivicLab. In the lead story on the $110 million tax...
Tom to Teach “Intro to Community Organizing” @ Learnapalooza
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Tom Tresser
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Jun 15, 2011
Learnapalooza is a free learning extravaganza where over 100 classes and workshops will be offered in the Wicker Park area on Saturday, June 25. I’ll be offering two 45 minute sessions… Chicago is...
Guess Who Paid No Taxes?
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Tom Tresser
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Jun 9, 2011
Citizens for Tax Justice has released a preview of its forthcoming major study of Fortune 500 companies and the taxes they paid — or failed to pay — over the 2008-10 period. The...
44% Of All Illinois TIFs Are Breaking The Law
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Tom Tresser
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Jun 9, 2011
According to the web site of Illinois State Comptroller there are “approximately” (we can’t seem to get an exact count) 943 TIF districts in the state of Illinois in 2010. These TIF districts...
Tom’s Suggestions To the New TIF Reform Panel
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Tom Tresser
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May 31, 2011
Here’s my first set of suggestions for the new Chicago TIF Review Panel: Ms. Brown, I have received your letter and would like to take you up on your offer of...
Tom’s Offer to Join TIF Reform Panel Spurned
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Tom Tresser
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May 31, 2011
Carole Brown, a senior managing director at the financial services firm of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co, LLC, is the chair of a new TIF Reform Panel named by Mayor Emanuel. When I...
Mayor Renault “Shocked” At Lack TIF Standards
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Tom Tresser
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May 25, 2011
Mayor Renault – I mean, Mayor Emanuel, expressed amazement at the lack of standards for creating and evaluating TIF districts. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that “Without criticizing Daley directly, Emanuel said he was...
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