Austinist: Troubled Times for Austin Nonprofits

manders

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:47:19 -0600

while i understand the importance of writing about the effect of city politics and finances on local organizations, it also seems like this article merits a suggestion of how we as individual citizens (at least those of us who haven't been hit hard economically) could help these organizations. donations, i'm guessing? who besides caritas is being hit hardest? why not highlight the "I live here, I give here" campaign?

LoudMouth

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:03:54 -0600

Not realtors, retailers. Retailers actually have one foot on Earthly ground.

LoudMouth

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:32 -0600

That's right. Developers for places like The Domain aren't getting tax breaks. Just the big box realtors they cater to that create poor paying jobs by selling products made in China.

mdahmus

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:27:24 -0600

TheTodd, developers aren't getting tax breaks - at least, not the developers most of you paleoliberals whine about; most of them are having to pay extra (via affordable housing, Great Streets) to build as high as they want to. If it weren't for the neighborhood nitwits fighting everything new around here, the ratio of tax revenues to expenses would be a lot better - since multi-family developments are extremely profitable for the city.

steveballmer

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:58:19 -0600

Bill is on the way! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

TheTodd

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:51:00 -0600

Maybe if we didn't give huge tax breaks to every developer and growth profiteer cum lately we would not have such a shortfall of revenues. Maybe then too we could get a road fixed in town or afford better schools and police and fire. Just a thought... :-|