Kovari's TIF book

Topic rundown

TIF Talk

From Oompa Loompas to the Charmant TIF example

Bakalars sausage TIF example

City administrator on TIFs

Politicians hate TIFs

Schools on TIFs

Does Amazon need TIFs

City administrator

Does $200k city admin pay for itself?

What city admin brings to table

Will city admin lower La Crosse taxes?

Regionalizing assets like La Crosse Center

How to fix La Crosse high taxes

UW-L political science and public administration professor, Dr. John Kovari, joins in-studio to dissect everything from the city administrator's role in lowering La Crosse taxes to working Oompa Loompas into a conversation about TIFs — which might explain why his TIF book is orange.

Kovari breaks down TIF (Tax Increment Financing) districts, how La Crosse uses them, and why they're on the spring ballot for both mayor and city council.

Oh, and speaking of TIFs, Kovari literally wrote the book on them — Tax Increment Financing: A Practical Guide for Analyzing TIF Risks, Benefits, and Outcomes (available here). He is yet to set up a Pearl Street Books signing.

Beyond TIFs, we dig into the pros and cons of La Crosse potentially hiring a city administrator, which is also on the ballot. Part of that conversation included whether the position could help lower taxes.

Finally, we discuss regionalizing assets, like the La Crosse Center and the La Crosse Regional Airport and how that, too, could reduce the burden on city taxpayers.

Basically, the whole show toyed with the one big question: How do we lower taxes in La Crosse so people actually want to move here?

UW-L political science and public administration professor, Dr. John Kovari, joins in-studio to dissect everything from the city administrator's role in lowering La Crosse taxes to working Oompa Loompas into a conversation about TIFs &mdash; which might explain why his TIF book is orange.
Kovari breaks down TIF (Tax Increment Financing) districts, how La Crosse uses them, and why they're on the spring ballot for both mayor and city council.
Oh, and speaking of TIFs, Kovari literally wrote the book on them &mdash; Tax Increment Financing: A Practical Guide for Analyzing TIF Risks, Benefits, and Outcomes (<a href="https://bookstore.icma.org/tax-increment-financing-a-practical-guide-for-analyzing-tif-risks-benefits-and-outcomes-p109.aspx">available here</a>). He is yet to set up a Pearl Street Books signing.
Beyond TIFs, we dig into the pros and cons of La Crosse potentially hiring a city administrator, which is also on the ballot. Part of that conversation included whether the position could help lower taxes.
Finally, we discuss regionalizing assets, like the La Crosse Center and the La Crosse Regional Airport and how that, too, could reduce the burden on city taxpayers.
Basically, the whole show toyed with the one big question:&nbsp;How do we lower taxes in La Crosse so people actually want to move here?

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