Real Estate Transfer Tax

Can Cities Make Wall Street Pay?

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Foreclosure, Real Estate Transfer Tax, Cleveland, Wall Street, Chicago, San Francisco, Roberto Maldonado, Business News
Amy Traub

Wall Street devastated America's cities. However, from Cleveland to Chicago to San Francisco, cities are contriving ways to get a bit of their money back.

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Aspen Gunfight at the Hotel Jerome

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hotels, Travel, Real Estate, Aspen, Burlingame, Real Estate Transfer Tax, Rett, Developers, Hotel Jerome, Aspen Skiing Company, Mick Ireland, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen City Council, Affordable Housing, Denver News
Michael Conniff

Development. Say that word in Mayor Mick Ireland's Aspen and you're all but doomed to fail.

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If Paying Taxes is Patriotic, Chicagoans are the Best Patriots on Earth

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Real Estate Transfer Tax, John McCain Taxes, Joe Biden Taxes, Green Chicago, Chicago Taxes, Chicago Sales Tax, Barack Obama Taxes, Harry Caray, Mayor Daley Taxes, Bush Tax Cuts, McCain Tax Cuts, Chicago News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

If paying taxes makes you patriotic, Chicagoans should get a memorial built in their honor (or just add Harry Caray's face to Mount Rushmore).

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