Property Tax

Janell Ross

St. Petersburg Scraps Plan To Build Police Headquarters, 'Peculiar Smelling' CSI Lab Lives On

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Dna, Police Headquarters, Crime Lab, Property Tax, Budget Cuts, Tax Cuts, Florida, Sales Tax, Police Department, Business News

In St. Petersburg, Fla., just a few hours northwest of the Miami crime lab TV made famous, the city's forensic team toils in a lab that is anything bu...

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Gaylord Subsidy

Joel Judd | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Property Tax, Tax Increment Financing, Tax Subsidy, Tif, School Finance, Gaylord, Gaylord Entertainment, Gaylord Tax Subsidy, Denver Tax Subsidies, Denver News
Joel Judd

Gaylord Entertainment proposes building a hotel entertainment complex near DIA; except, first it wants $522m in TIF subsidies over 25 years. Time to stop punching holes in the bucket.

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Chicago Board Of Education Approves Property Tax Hike To Offset New Costs

Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Longer School Day, Property Tax, Tax Increase, CPS Teachers, Budget, School Day, Cps Teachers Union, Cps Budget Deficit, Teacher Raise, Rahm Emanuel, 90 Minutes, Cps, Budget Deficit, Teacher Pay Raise, Tax Hike, Property Tax Raise, Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago News

Update: The Chicago Teacher's Union rejected Schools chief Jean Claude Brizard's proposal to give teachers a 2 percent raise in exchange for working a...

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Schaumburg Imposes First Property Tax

Chicago Breaking News | December 23, 2009 10:48 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Land, Property Tax, Schaumburg, Chicago, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago News

As expected, Schaumburg trustees voted unanimously Tuesday night to impose the village's first property tax, adding about $252 to the tax bill for a h...

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Where Should You Talk (and Listen) to an Independent? Online, of Course

Noah Mallin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Bob Mcdonnell, New Jersey, Property Tax, United States, Facebook, Barack Obama, Society and Culture, Politics, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign 2008, Google, Technology News
Noah Mallin

Why not reach Independents at a place where most people turn to when they are seeking more information? That is, online, through search engines.

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Separation of Church and Estate

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Property Tax, Megachurches, Church and State, Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, Churches and Politicking, Religious Tax Exemptions, Catholic Church John Kerry, Prop 8, Christian Echoes National Ministry, Founding Fathers, Churches and Political Funding, Same-Sex Marriage, Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Pledge of Allegiance, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Church Tax Exemption, Inc. v. u.s., Rev. Jay Scott, Catholic Church Obama, Tenth Circuit Court, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Churches are political organizations that routinely violate IRS statutes, undermining any claim they might have had to property tax exemptions.

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