Why The Reds Have always Hated The South and Always Will.
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philly rabbit
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There's nothing wrong with being a janitor, it's honest work.
I was a janitor for a while when I was younger, I'm not ashamed of being such.
My husband would like to know what outfit and what year you were there, thanks.
you described Baltimore exactly - literaly the place is a run down blocks of rat infested housing shooting galleries, etc.
There are nicer places, but the inner city is inhabitible - except for the commercial districts.
I don't ignore blight anywhere though - what you miss here, there are pockets of poverty here in Florida.
Mabe not the huge open air drug markets, but if i was to get high, I know where to get some fine Columbian - and I don't mean weed.
Just not the "corner boys" back in Balto. Poverty breeds desperation irregardless of race.
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So who's to blame for metropolitan areas that pull in millions every year with sports attractions and tourist draws like the inner harbor but still have poverty areas within their city limits depending on governmental financial assistance?
stupid government that think Stadiums provide wealth.
They don't, they don't create jobs, they don't raise the general standard of living. They suck money out of cities that pay for this stuff, instead of really investing in a city
http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2013/01/02/4286/happy-new-year-cities-drowning-in-stadium-debt/
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/despite-bankruptcy-detroit-subsidizing-new-red-wings-stadium/
^ Stadiums
Baltimore
http://city-countyobserver.com/2013/02/06/baltimore-on-a-path-to-bankruptcy/
Baltimore has endured many of the same problems that Evansville has including a shrinking population, declining wages, and a large number of vacant houses.
Baltimore preceeded Evansville in throwing taxpayer dollars into temples to sport subsidizing stadiums for both the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens
. Baltimore even doubled down on hospitality subisidizing hotels, restaurants, and other retail space in a big harbor project. As pretty as the structures are even with sell outs and world championships to show for it Baltimore is still failing financially. Why? Jobs, Lifestyle, Public Safety, and Infrastructure were neglected to get the party started.
Baltimore, the erosion of the tax base is easy to see. The city’s population has dropped from a peak of 950,000 in 1950 to 619,000 today, and while the decline has slowed, there have been few signs of the trend reversing. The median income is $40,000, and 22 percent of the city’s residents live in poverty, according to Census data. The city also has 16,000 vacant properties.
Baltimore already has the highest property taxes in Maryland — twice as high as in neighboring Baltimore County.
The city’s local income taxes are the highest allowed under state law. While the city enacted some new taxes to deal with the 2010 deficit — including taxes on bottled beverages and higher hotel and parking levies — city officials say they can’t tax their way out of the problem without driving away residents and businesses.
“We’ve got to go from a vicious cycle to a virtuous cycle. That starts with a good, stable fiscal foundation for the city government,” said Andrew Kleine, the city’s budget director. “When you’ve lost so much population and the tax base has shrunk, it’s very difficult to deal with.”
If the city chose to use its reserve fund to cover the deficits, the fund would be empty in three years, the report found.
“Quite simply, a status quo approach is not financially sustainable,” the report says.
In 2010, the mayor’s office released a “doomsday” budget that would have meant firing police officers and closing seven fire stations, among other cuts, and some criticized the move as a tactic intended to soften up the City Council to approve tax increases.
But officials say the new forecast doesn’t envision a worst-case scenario. It assumes modest economic growth nationwide over the next decade, said Michael Nadol, a management director at PFM and a lead author of the report.
Rawlings-Blake said the report was intended to be an honest assessment.
“It’s not like we’ve had rosy budgets over the past five years, and now we’re screaming that the sky is falling,” she said.
Rawlings-Blake, a Democrat, became mayor in 2010 after Sheila Dixon resigned as part of a plea deal for stealing gift cards donated to the city for needy residents. She was elected in 2011 and has nearly four years remaining in her term.
Health care benefits for retired city workers will be a major drag on city finances in the future, according to the forecasts. The city still faces increasing pension costs despite a recent restructuring of the pension plans for police officers and firefighters.
Like many cities, Baltimore doesn’t factor the escalating future costs of retiree health care into its annual budgets, and if that doesn’t change, the city will be on the hook for another $300 million in 10 years, the report found.
While city officials declined to specify how they would address the shortfall, they said some restructuring of the retiree health plan would be necessary.
The forecast cost the city $460,000. PJM won the contract through a competitive bidding process and subcontracted some of the work, including actuarial analysis.
Shayne Kavanagh, a researcher at the Government Finance Officers Association, said the group recommends that city governments engage in long-term financial planning, but few have taken that step.
“Most government budget practices are one-time, year-by-year affairs,” Kavanagh said. “What Baltimore’s doing is trying to integrate a longer-term perspective.”
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/despite-bankruptcy-detroit-subsidizing-new-red-wings-stadium/
^ Stadiums
Baltimore
http://city-countyobserver.com/2013/02/06/baltimore-on-a-path-to-bankruptcy/
Baltimore has endured many of the same problems that Evansville has including a shrinking population, declining wages, and a large number of vacant houses.
Baltimore preceeded Evansville in throwing taxpayer dollars into temples to sport subsidizing stadiums for both the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens
. Baltimore even doubled down on hospitality subisidizing hotels, restaurants, and other retail space in a big harbor project. As pretty as the structures are even with sell outs and world championships to show for it Baltimore is still failing financially. Why? Jobs, Lifestyle, Public Safety, and Infrastructure were neglected to get the party started.
Baltimore, the erosion of the tax base is easy to see. The city’s population has dropped from a peak of 950,000 in 1950 to 619,000 today, and while the decline has slowed, there have been few signs of the trend reversing. The median income is $40,000, and 22 percent of the city’s residents live in poverty, according to Census data. The city also has 16,000 vacant properties.
Baltimore already has the highest property taxes in Maryland — twice as high as in neighboring Baltimore County.
The city’s local income taxes are the highest allowed under state law. While the city enacted some new taxes to deal with the 2010 deficit — including taxes on bottled beverages and higher hotel and parking levies — city officials say they can’t tax their way out of the problem without driving away residents and businesses.
“We’ve got to go from a vicious cycle to a virtuous cycle. That starts with a good, stable fiscal foundation for the city government,” said Andrew Kleine, the city’s budget director. “When you’ve lost so much population and the tax base has shrunk, it’s very difficult to deal with.”
If the city chose to use its reserve fund to cover the deficits, the fund would be empty in three years, the report found.
“Quite simply, a status quo approach is not financially sustainable,” the report says.
In 2010, the mayor’s office released a “doomsday” budget that would have meant firing police officers and closing seven fire stations, among other cuts, and some criticized the move as a tactic intended to soften up the City Council to approve tax increases.
But officials say the new forecast doesn’t envision a worst-case scenario. It assumes modest economic growth nationwide over the next decade, said Michael Nadol, a management director at PFM and a lead author of the report.
Rawlings-Blake said the report was intended to be an honest assessment.
“It’s not like we’ve had rosy budgets over the past five years, and now we’re screaming that the sky is falling,” she said.
Rawlings-Blake, a Democrat, became mayor in 2010 after Sheila Dixon resigned as part of a plea deal for stealing gift cards donated to the city for needy residents. She was elected in 2011 and has nearly four years remaining in her term.
Health care benefits for retired city workers will be a major drag on city finances in the future, according to the forecasts. The city still faces increasing pension costs despite a recent restructuring of the pension plans for police officers and firefighters.
Like many cities, Baltimore doesn’t factor the escalating future costs of retiree health care into its annual budgets, and if that doesn’t change, the city will be on the hook for another $300 million in 10 years, the report found.
While city officials declined to specify how they would address the shortfall, they said some restructuring of the retiree health plan would be necessary.
The forecast cost the city $460,000. PJM won the contract through a competitive bidding process and subcontracted some of the work, including actuarial analysis.
Shayne Kavanagh, a researcher at the Government Finance Officers Association, said the group recommends that city governments engage in long-term financial planning, but few have taken that step.
“Most government budget practices are one-time, year-by-year affairs,” Kavanagh said. “What Baltimore’s doing is trying to integrate a longer-term perspective.”
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Well, summer is truly ending. After 7 "Thanks" for my awesome post back on page 1, Top has returned to enter a "groan" and usher in the fall. Thank God for football, at least.
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ROTFLMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO! I didn't know you could get PTSD when you spent your whole tour in the rear with the gear.
philly rabbit
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That's right, stupid LOCAL governments who sell everybody a bill of goods that if you the citizen build us a stadium or an inner harbor or a gambling casino that this will greatly improve our city's infrastructure. But the impoverished infrastructures never improve. The first responsibility of the local politicians like the mayor and the city council is to serve their constitutes so where's all this generated tax revenue going?
Another example is Atlantic City where people come from all over the eastern seaboard to gamble in luxury hotel casinos on the boardwalk while the city remains dilapidated, falling apart, and crime ridden.
I always get a kick out of history majors feeling smart.
Was basket weaving full?
'Reds'? In America? You are out of your tiny mind
philly rabbit
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Oh are you back again?
Your empire's in the crapper, your royals are a bunch of degenerates and you're a wonderful guy.
Have a nice day.
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I've never hid from the fact that I chose history because I was already dominating it in HS and especially because I suck at math and science.
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Given that Rana lives in Alaska and is from the plains, I'd say the idea that she hates white men is unlikely. She also pampers the men in her life way too much to be a lesbian.
Since she chose to quit being a Papist, I'd say we've got her dead to rights on being a Red. However, she can see Russia from her backyard, this could just be a cover so she can infiltrate the Kremlin. We'll just have to see if she converts to being Orthodox.
Bawhahahaha, you got it!
philly rabbit
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Baaaa haaaa
You're a G damned lesbian who hates white males just like every other feminist hates white males.
PR knows that feminists (many lesbians) hate white men.
The white male hegemony of the country has always been the hated target of the feminists.
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ROTFLMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I must confess white guys like you are a little scary.
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