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 amendment is a complicated piece of legislation.
Municipal finance and economic development law -- the backdrop for the charter amendment -- is extremely technical, the domain of highly specialized lawyers.
The Mueller agreement (including exhibits) is over 1,000 pages, and spells out, in detail, complicated financing mechanisms for a period...
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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