Quoted from mikechristine1

very true.   Money for the rich political cronies downtown who don't even live in the city, but no money to reduce taxes on the homeowners.

Money to give out all these lavish tax exemptions downtown to for-profit businesses, but not money to get a new phone system in the city (heard it failed again)

And we have GE, one of world's richest companies.  But McTHIEF, the county, and Metroplex not only chose to increase taxes on the homeowners in the city especially and to other great extent in the school districts and town (Rotterdam anyway) by making the homeowners pay the bulk of the property taxes for this multi hundred billion dollar company, but now they are giving GE even more money.  Oh yeah, to build a fitness center for it's employees, as if their employees cannot spend $10 a month to go to some local gym.   For crying out loud.  How much is McCarthy and all of them getting paid in kick backs from GE now?   The taxpayers paying for this, many are struggling to pay for their life saving medications, and now their money will be used to provide a private gym for employees.!?!?!   Buy a bike for crying out loud and ride 5 miles a day at least

What have these tax handouts done for the tax base in the city?   It has caused the tax base to fall and let's hear from anyone who can explain that giving money to rich companies which causes the tax base to drop explain why a falling tax base, increased taxes, and falling home values is a good thing for the city.  

Yep, the people paying all these taxes to make downtown rich so that the merchants can have all these various food "festivals" will be going to the soup kitchens!  Isn't that nice.