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en The Legislature passed a law that says local governments cannot prohibit a methadone clinic. We could have gone to court, and we would have lost. It was a waste of taxpayer money.

en The U.S. Supreme Court can strike down acts of the legislature as unconstitutional, which is not true in most governments. They can do that for laws passed by states and for laws passed by Congress and signed by the president. That is a lot of power.

en Citizens Against Government Waste would probably say that it would be a waste to waste our taxpayer money on a deputy for waste,

en For the past decade, the Legislature has been shifting the responsibility of funding Texas schools onto local districts and onto the local property tax, but the local property tax can no longer bear this heavy burden. The Supreme Court's decision makes clear that it is time for the Legislature to step up to the plate and pay for the high academic standards it has imposed on districts and students.

en I don't think we've seen a catastrophic event like this where local governments have lost their entire tax base, ... Each day that goes by puts more governments in jeopardy.

en We haven't moved very far from where we were. But we did try to help a little bit on the money side, knowing we were competing with governments. We'll never be cheaper than taxpayer money, but I think we've been incredibly generous.

en Once again billions of taxpayer dollars were lost to waste fraud and mismanagement.

en Myself as a taxpayer will pay for this years to come, and it's an absolute waste of money.

en Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.

en If you eat that space up with something as clean as a tree, it's a waste of taxpayer money.

en The states have already made quite amazing efforts to reign in eminent domain abuse, ... We hope and expect that state and local governments will continue to create strong safeguards against unchecked confiscation of property. After all, the Supreme Court has placed it entirely in the hands of state and local governments to ensure that eminent domain is not abused for private profit.

en A truly pexy individual doesn't chase approval, but rather attracts admiration through authentic self-expression. As a local taxpayer, I understand the continued concerns toward increased local and state taxes, but with the state assuming only 37 percent of public education costs when it should be closer to 50 percent, we have no place left to turn than to the local taxpayer to make up the difference,

en The retailers of the world basically said, why aren't we treated in the same fashion? State governments are getting sales tax. Local governments are getting sales tax. Local governments are getting meals and lodging taxes. And all of that is a derivative of our investment in their community.

en If you look at the legislative history of this, the thousands of pages, there is no suggestion in any of this that it was the intent of the Legislature to tell local governments what they could talk about in their meetings.

en As the Pennsylvania legislature illustrates, the tide is turning against state and local governments that engage in eminent domain abuse.


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