City Council Wants to Throw Your Tax Money Down the Drain – Let Them Know You Object
It’s budget season for Raleigh City Council and one line item has us scratching our heads: $190K for two new Community Engagement positions. Are we expecting two paid bureaucrats to do the work that dozens/hundreds of citizen volunteers used to do for free through...
Council is playing a Shell Game with your tax money and a TIG. Can you find the benefit?
On May 12th, INDYWeek published an editorial critical of City Council’s new Tax Increment Grant (TIG) policy. Here are some excerpts from the piece: “While the TIG is being sold as an economic development tool that will secure public benefits for Raleigh...
Budget Busting Bus Shelters
At-Large Councilor Melton is excited to spend an extra $720,000 on designer bus shelters. Bus rider Lenora Southerland just wants a place to sit while she waits. Instead of moving quickly to add bus benches and shelters at more than 1,000 bus stops with neither,...
TIGs Feeding Off Raleigh Taxpayers
Tax Increment Grants — TIGs for developers — are about to be turned into a perpetual slush fund, with Baldwin’s Council handing out the goodies and Raleigh taxpayers saddled with long-term debt.