Tag: Tax Increment Financing
Front Page, July 6, 2016
by James Strauss | Jul 6, 2016 | About Geneva Shore Report, Front Page | 0 |
The Tax Increment Deception, commonly called TIF, as in existence around the nation, is going away, but in its passing a look back can be instructive, with respect to how small town governments served by people drawn out of the community without financial backgrounds or much other life experience………
Front Page, June 8, 2016
by James Strauss | Jun 8, 2016 | Articles, Front Page | 0 |
Now that Lake Geneva has been forced into "rehab" to recover from its TIF tax addiction, city hall is desperately searching to find a substitute slush fund to solve all its financial challenges….
Looking on the Bright Side, May 18, 2016
by James Strauss | May 19, 2016 | Articles, Looking On The Bright Side | 0 |
TIF, TID and ACT 234. Too late. But what the hell. For many years' citizens have complained about Lake Geneva's misuse of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds, but did it do any good?
Looking on the Bright Side, May 4, 2106
by James Strauss | May 4, 2016 | Articles, Looking On The Bright Side | 0 |
Cemetery of lost hope. Where is the last bastion of bad taste erected and displayed for all who travel around Geneva Lake to stop and gaze, and then laugh to themselves?
Living Here, February 24, 2016
by James Strauss | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles, Living Here | 2 |
The gasoline wars continue. The gasoline companies (filling stations, oil companies, refineries, etc.) versus the public. What now? The price of oil, having dived all the way down from $121.00 a barrel (which is fifty gallons of oil) to $31.00 a barrel a few days ago, went up to $32.45 a barrel on Monday……
Our Place, February 10, 2016
by James Strauss | Feb 10, 2016 | Articles, Our Place | 0 |
Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble. What is it about money, (that substance that's become the trade lubricant allowing for the exchange of differential goods and services around the world), buried like a flint-tipped spear deep into the heart of every human culture?……
Letters to the Editor, January 27, 2016
by James Strauss | Jan 30, 2016 | Articles, Letters | 0 |
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Looking at the Bright Side, January 27, 2016
by James Strauss | Jan 29, 2016 | Articles, Looking On The Bright Side | 0 |
Eyes in the Sky …Taking the unexpected plunge through thin ice out on supposedly frozen over Lake Geneva? Certain private citizens loyal to the Geneva Shore Report own and operate drones. The Lake Geneva Fire Department does not have one…….
Living Here, January 13, 2016
by James Strauss | Jan 15, 2016 | Articles, Living Here | 0 |
Mr. James Connors, the soon to be departed mayor of Lake Geneva, recently lauded for all the projects he participated in making decisions on, believed (during his tenure) in handling situations behind closed doors…….
Our Place, December 2, 2015
by James Strauss | Dec 2, 2015 | Articles, Our Place | 0 |
Terry O'Neill uncovers Walworth County Directive ending the TIF (as we know it) in 2016. From its inception until today, Lake Geneva's Tax Increment District #4 (TID #4) has been cloaked in secrecy and riddled with its controversial use. Although the TIF tax is not listed on any property taxes, it is there………
Surprising Stuff, November 25, 2015
by James Strauss | Nov 26, 2015 | Articles, Surprising Stuff | 0 |
At least that is what they are calling themselves among themselves, although Geneva Shore Report X-Files investigators have bugged their breakfast lair. It would seem that there are indeed private thoughts and expressions being made about the Hillmoor property that nobody, outside of this small group…….
Surprising Stuff, October 7, 2015
by James Strauss | Oct 9, 2015 | Articles, Surprising Stuff | 3 |
The ice cream place right near where Peets used to be on Main Street is up for sale. If you have just under a hundred thousand, and a yen to serve great ice cream then this classy place might be the one for you………