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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy
It doesnt matter whether the property is private. It matters that they took muni money as a condition for financing and development.
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I'm going off what's mentioned in the article, and I don't see that argument there. Perhaps its mentioned in the briefs somewhere, but it doesn't seem to be the reason cited by the state commissioner in denying the tax-exempt renewal.
The only reason she gives in the article is the "open space" implications of the subsidy itself:
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“When people hear the words ‘open space,’ we want them to think not just of open air and land, but that it is open to all people,” said Ms. Jackson. “And when the public subsidizes it with tax breaks, it goes with the expectation that it is not going to be parsed out, whether it be by activity or any particular beliefs.”
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