I pointed out in my first post that the Stop Domain Subsidies charter amendment would extend the ban on city subsidies to infrastructure improvements and that, although the charter amendment language includes an exemption for certain infrastructure improvements, "the definition of the latter will leave room for lots of disagreement."
We now learn that these disagreements may extend to Mueller.
From the Chronicle :
According to Jim Cousar, an attorney with Thompson & Knight LLP and...
Sorting out Mueller
Today's Statesman has more on the SDS charter amendment's potential impact on Mueller. The charges, counter-charges, and rebuttal arguments are bewildering.No wonder: The SDS charter...
More on the SDS charter amendment and Mueller
See this summary (pdf) by city legal staff. The memorandum identifies several Mueller financial incentives threatened by the proposed charter amendment: Project costs (including...
An unintended consequence of the Stop Domain Subsidies' Charter...
Stop Domain Subsidies' proposed Charter amendment to ban retail subsidies is fraught with unintended consequences. Here's one: The Charter amendment likely will...
A little hypocritical, no?
One other point on the proposed Charter amendment to ban "financial incentives" for retail developments. The proposed amendment language includes this exception to the definition of...
Stop the Charter Amendment!
I don't like the Domain incentives, either. I don't like subsidies for retail. (But then I don't like subsidies for manufacturing plants or call centers or corporate offices, either.)...
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