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Written by Richard Lee Abrams
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Monday, 07 June 2010 16:39 |
The Community Redevelopment Agency [CRA] is a government owned development company which is funded with taxpayer money to compete with private developers. The CRA, however, owns no shovels, no bull dozers, no hammers or nails. Instead, its construction is done by developers who meet the approval of City Hall politicians.
CRA’s mandate is to build, build, build. Finish one project, build another, etc. ad infinitum. Like JAWS, the CRA just keeps coming, devouring everything in its path. CRA takes more and more property off the property tax rolls, leaving less and less revenue for the City. In the last 7 years alone, CRA has consumed over One Billion Dollars of “incremental property tax revenue.”
Wake up! Don’t let your eyes glaze over. It’s your money they’re stealing. Yes, we all have to learn about “incremental pro-perty tax revenue” and other arcane matters in order to slay the beast.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 June 2010 17:08 )
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Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Dinner at Mozza, Then the Lakers -- Antonio's Buying |
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Written by Ron Kaye
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Monday, 07 June 2010 17:04 |
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Somebody call the Hypocrisy Police!My buddy Ron and Saint Deb are in Detroit for a wedding and I'm at a kennel in Frazier Park but it's been left to me to deal with this Ticket-gate, Mozza-gate, Chiseler-gate mess that Antonio... |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 June 2010 17:09 )
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Why Are These People Laughing at Alarcon's Political Hypocrisy? |
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Written by Ron Kaye
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Monday, 07 June 2010 17:04 |
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What sane person could oppose Proposition 15 -- the pilot project for clean money campaigns for Secretary of State candidates in 2014 and 2018?What kind of scoundrel would use the debate over such a small step toward ending political corruption... |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 June 2010 17:10 )
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Thanks, Nuch -- Appeals Court Upholds LAs Supergraphic and Freeway-Facing Sign Bans |
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Written by Ron Kaye
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Monday, 07 June 2010 17:04 |
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A year ago, LA was in the unpleasant position of having opened the floodgates to digital billboards, supergraphics and freeway-facing signs.There were 11,000 off-site billboards, more than a third illegal, and visual blight from signage was everywhere -- the result... |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 June 2010 17:13 )
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Do Taxes Drive People Out of the State? |
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Written by Paul Hatfield
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Monday, 07 June 2010 17:01 |
Robert Cruickshank of Calitics believes the connection between higher taxes and people departing the state is a myth. His article was featured in Citywatch. If there is a myth it is Mr. Cruickshank’s insistance that high income earners will prefer to stay in California. He gushes about how the number of high income earners increased [...]  |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 June 2010 17:11 )
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