tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post4535028289375917627..comments2023-10-17T05:44:23.781-04:00Comments on COAST - Fighting for the taxpayers, not working against them!: Mayor’s P.R. junket to Portland backfiresCOASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-13727884396602483852009-08-13T14:22:13.255-04:002009-08-13T14:22:13.255-04:00Provost Jake, it's either government-controlle...Provost Jake, it's either government-controlled money or it isn't. Who did Duke pay this money to? They either paid it to the government or they didn't, and if it's in government coffers then it's the people's money. Don't lie to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-30359110307165269532009-08-13T12:44:21.224-04:002009-08-13T12:44:21.224-04:00COAST, maybe you should read the Cincinnati Enquir...COAST, maybe you should read the Cincinnati Enquirer a little bit more closely next time:<br />http://caast-usa.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-lies-from-good-folks-at-coast.htmlCAASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985294408896844277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-66354428584286769722009-08-13T02:04:01.625-04:002009-08-13T02:04:01.625-04:00Except "taxpayers" didn't pay for hi...Except "taxpayers" didn't pay for his trip, the Business and Jobs Attraction Account did, which was started in 2006 with $750,000 from a Duke Energy settlement. City revenues *did not* fund that account or the mayor's trip. <br /><br />The streetcar is all about attracting business and jobs, so this seems to have been a perfectly justifiable use of those funds. Nobody from Jake Mecklenborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317828707889674925noreply@blogger.com