From Bailouts to Boomtowns: Rethinking How Our Towns Make Money – News Stand

From Bailouts to Boomtowns: Rethinking How Our Towns Make Money – News Stand

Let’s not sugar-coat it, our local authorities are broke. And it’s no longer just a small accounting problem that can be patched up; it’s a full-blown crisis that threatens the future of some of our towns. The problem is not only that they don’t have money. It’s that the very way our town councils do business is broken. Here’s the reality: in many of our towns, residents are unemployed or scraping by on very little. Municipalities depend almost e