Gilbert Leads Push For New Tax Incentives

[Atticus]

So very interesting that Republicans SCREAM about getting that darn Gubmit outta my life and get rid of those investment-killing regulations yet have absolutly no issue what so ever coming to Gubmit for a hand out.

How about Gilbert pull himself up by his own bootstraps and make it happen on his own without a Gubmit handout.

After all, being self-sufficient is supposed to be a Republican principle.

I say flush it; I'm sick and tired of my tax dollars going toward Republican projects.

In fairness, it isn't the developer's fault the brownfield site is polluted. Somebody has to pay to clean up the mess, and good luck getting the actual polluter to pay up.

Second, if the redevelopment doesn't happen, then the tax dollars never materialize anyway. So it isn't like somebody is losing out on tax dollars.

This is why I am okay with it, as long as there is a time cap in place. The developer recoups their brownfield cost, and after 20 years the city/state can cash in on the tax generated by the project that wouldn't have otherwise happened.