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      <![CDATA[Is it possible to un-annex parts of Memphis? Why not identify low revenue generating parts of the city and give it back to the county/state and cut city-provided services to those areas?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Clyde]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[$25 millions savings by privatizing sanitation. Problem solved, Janis.
        
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      <![CDATA[Once everyone leaves it will be mine! All mine!
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:49:37 -0600</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[justwondering]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[And remember the cost of those big capital projects, turns up every year in the operating budget as we pay off the bonds.
        
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      <![CDATA[Some engineers believe that had the Titanic not tried to turn away from the iceberg, she probably would have survived the crash. It was the glancing blow that doomed her.<br>
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One problem, as I see it, is the city has built too many Titanics, if the Titanic is a metaphor for an extravagant solution to a simple problem.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:47:46 -0600</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Let's look at the last 20 years of all the tax incentives, abatements, freezes, etc., that have been given under the guise of "economic development." No one ever quantifies the return on the taxpayers' investment and then they're shocked, shocked!
        
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      <![CDATA[As a business property owner in Memphis, I can tell you that more tax to fix the problem is NOT the answer! We are over taxed now and if a business can, it is leaving Memphis to the surrounding counties.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[GWCarver]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Today's CA says the bonus amount was 6.2 million. (They were handing out an unexpected surplus that magically disappeared after the money was distributed and turned into a 17 million dollar deficit.)
        
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      <![CDATA[BW: The problem is, religious organizations get an exemption from property tax regardless of whether or not they provide "desperately needed social services," and not all of them provide such services. Some choose to use the money they raise primarily to feather their own nests.
        
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      <![CDATA[@M-Awesomeberg, while I am not a religious person, I do admire the way that religious organizations provide so many desperately needed social services. If religious organizations were taxed, as you suggest, who will step in to pick up the task of providing those social services that will most certainly be curtailed by the newly taxed religious organizations?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[stapletondia]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[When will the media elite realize that AC Wharton has mismanaged the city's finances. He rather spent money on Tiger Lane, Confederate Park, and Pinnacle Airlines.
        
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      <![CDATA[Here's a solution to the looming tax shortfall: remove the tax exemption the religion business gets. Government shouldn't be subsidizing religion anyway.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[GWCarver]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I'm surprised there was no discussion of the 4.6 million they handed out in bonuses to all city employees. Wasn't there a fight over who got credit for that?
        
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