LISTEN – The MacIver Institute has been warning you about this scam for years – but now Wisconsin’s legislative council has released a memo providing independent, non-partisan confirmation of this reality Read More MacIver News Minute: TIF Districts Raise Your Taxes
The non-partisan Wisconsin Legislative Council confirmed something about tax increment financing (TIF) that the MacIver Institute has been warning taxpayers about for years: TIF directly results in higher property tax bills, contrary to what government officials and lobbyists claim. Find out what it’s doing to your bill. Read More Your Property Tax Bill Is Higher Because Of TIF Districts, Legislative Council Confirms
Listen – TIF districts have a free hand in Wisconsin to spend money on projects and incentives supposedly to spur economic growth. Oftentimes that means handing tax-funded cash incentives directly to developers. Sen. Stroebel says it’s time to curb that practice – and the entrenched special interests will do anything to stop him. Read More MacIver Newsmakers: Sen. Stroebel Takes On TIF Incentives
By Bill Osmulski – Milwaukee is attempting to officially turn TIF into what critics have always claimed it to be: a slush fund for public officials’ pet projects. If Milwaukee gets away with TID#100, it will set a new precedent throughout the state, and countless others will follow suit. Read More No Economic Justification For New Milwaukee TIF District
The village already has over a dozen internet providers, and everyone has access to download speeds of at least 30 mbps, according to the Public Service Commission. Most customers in Weston having access to services that provide up to 300 mbps download speeds. (It only takes 5 mbps to watch HD movies on Netflix.)Despite the fact that the village has plenty of internet options already available, they decided the TID needs an astonishing 1,000 mbps speed – and offered to pay TDS $225,000 from the TID to install the fiber optic cables. Read More Weston TID Refuses To Die – Now Funding Fiber Optics