OBSERVATION: If members of the Sac Chamber/Main Street or Sac Economic and Tourism Development boards or people sympathetic to those organizations get a majority vote on the Sac City Council, They will have the ability to expand any TIF district to include areas that are not considered new construction and in which there is no danger of economic expansion. One reason this is sometimes done is as a political favor to business owners in the district TIF is expanded into that supported any given candidate during an election. (see City of Chicago). In smaller areas, this can also be misused as a replacement to having to bond to repair existing infrastructure. This remains true NO MATTER WHAT THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL'S INTENTIONS ARE.
QUESTION: Are there any organizations in Sac County that are funded to any extent with tax payer money and have a history of hiding their internal motivations and machinations from the public for which wielding the decision about who gets TIF money would be a perfect vehicle with which to expand their influence?
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