“But, as government here begins to implement things like the rental registration, it is only going to further suppress having investors that want to put in money and want to help. That is going to suppress that here and they are not going to want to come.”
via Niagara Gazette
Gangs that once roamed the streets of Chinatown extorting local residents and workers for money have mostly been the talk of modern crime novels and history books.
But during a community meeting on Wednesday, one property owner likened the people hoping to implement a business improvement district in the area, to those who ran such secret societies known as tongs.
via DNAinfo.com.
It would appear that Grass Valley intends to punish the landlord for their tenants wrong doings. Well, you have certainly placed the blame squarely where it does not belong.
via TheUnion.com.
While local governments are seeing their sales taxes receipts decline they are now being faced with a double whammy. Homeowners are starting to see a realistic decline in their property tax bills.
And not a moment too soon.
The city is not trying to deliberately shortchange the landlords, said Alderman Tim Bruer, who represents the Burr Oaks neighborhood and is a CDA member.
via The Daily Reporter.
Township Board Trustee Jim Hanson said lawsuits by developers and people who trying to get property taxes reduced are draining the township’s budget.
via MLive.com.
Here’s where it’s time to talk about the elephant in the room. County Council member Mike Knapp points out that many of the code violation complaints originate in traditionally white neighborhoods that are changing demographically,
via The Gazette.
