http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/a-tale-of-three-tifs/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:09:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/a-tale-of-three-tifs/comment-page-1/#comment-192458 vj Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:26:30 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1931#comment-192458 Not defending rampant use of TIF here(I've seen corn fields being blighted out in the burbs so they could qualify) but if you look at retail across the country it is nearly impossible to recruit credit tenants right now and many major retailers are closing stores. Probably because they overbuilt in the first place, but still, major retailers are closing a lot of stores. If more cities would say no to developers then we could get TIF under control. Unforunately, as soon as one city says no they simply go to the next town over. Not defending rampant use of TIF here(I’ve seen corn fields being blighted out in the burbs so they could qualify) but if you look at retail across the country it is nearly impossible to recruit credit tenants right now and many major retailers are closing stores. Probably because they overbuilt in the first place, but still, major retailers are closing a lot of stores. If more cities would say no to developers then we could get TIF under control. Unforunately, as soon as one city says no they simply go to the next town over.

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