On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:51:56 +0000 (UTC), General Kireiko No, not the ones I'm referring to. I'm referring to huge blocks like the Astoria Houses, the largest public housing project in North America, and other city-owned properties. I know there are a lot of ML properties across all the boroughs, and I realize that the situations in Co-op City could be thought as some to be not much better than in the housing projects. The general theme across all these things is what started out as a good idea went awry largely because of a poorly-designed implementation. I agree with your vis a vis the political dissolution, but it seems to me you get into semantics when you think about all the tax increases legislators have had to push through to meet budget deficits compared to doing something proactive that will continually generate money. NYC's revenue streams are still too tilted toward income that's dependent upon the overall condition of the economy. I'm not saying you should jack the sales tax and get rid of the income tax or anything, just that if you evened out user fees and other income streams, you'd at least have some cushion. In NY state, there's not a will to do anything. Bruno AND Silver are just riding one big gravy train at the expense of huge salaries that state taxpayers fund. Never in my life have I seen a place that's so willing to put up with inertia. As highly taxed as we are and as much as you have to put up with to live around here on a good day, you'd think people would demand more, but they just don't.
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