A couple of items from the Strib in the past few days have gotten my
attention, both related to city finance.
One is that a Mr. Neil Christenson has been appointed as interim finance
director. Does anybody know anything about this person? Or do people just
not worry about him because he's temporary?
The other is a proposed policy requiring economic-risk studies and an
application fee for new TIF projects. On the face of it, this seems like
good news to those of us who suspect TIF is a hinky way to route public
money to entities that have lots of it already. Any comments?
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft
