You guys are missing something here. I don't have the link, but I read a news report on this (in The Guardian perhaps) which said that what had happened was that has been a group of conservatives in city government who have been opposed to the switch to opensource from the start have assumed leadership in the government. This change appears to be happening because they are now calling the shots.
Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up. ~ Steven Hawking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders) Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 << [email protected] >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster < [email protected]> wrote: > > If they pay more taxes to the city, then there might be a deal to not ask > for a "tax discount" if the city uses M$ products. > > In my city and county [in USA] a big reason we get business is due to the > governments involved will give then some reduced taxes, or tax free, for a > number of years. They do this to help the area employ more people who need > the type of work offered. Now we have an arena that needs a new owner or > we loose a lot of events along with our hockey teem. The new buyer wants > the city and county to replace the "ice plant" at a cost of 1.5 million > dollars or it is no deal. > > So if M$ moves into the city, there has to be some advantage to M$, since > I bet that the property taxes are higher than the old location. > > > On 02/17/2017 09:43 AM, H. Stoellinger wrote: > >> Well, from what I know, Microsoft moved offices from the area outside >> Munich into the town. >> Whether this had an influence on the decision of the city council? God >> only knows;-)... >> >> Am 2017-02-17 um 15:25 schrieb M Henri Day: >> >>> 2017-02-17 12:21 GMT+01:00 message <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Is there a trail of money between m$ and munich? >>>> >>>> https://diasp.eu/posts/5166693 >>>> >>> >>> I know of no evidence, but if one is adept at avoiding taxes, money can >>> be >>> saved to use for other purposes : >>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/10/how- >>> microsoft-avoided-billions-in-taxes-and-what-the-gop-says- >>> theyll-do-about-it/.. >>> .. >>> >>> Henri >>> >>> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns > ubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
