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From what I understand, the developer sells the tax credits (IIRC, the going rate was 75-80 cents on the dollar) to a corporation like say Hallmark. Hallmark gives them cash. The developer uses the cash to help finance the project. Hallmark uses the tax credit to reduce their tax obligation. That i...

Any accountants on here? I'm interested in how a developer or other entity benefits by selling tax credits. For example, when an accountant tells a client, "We have some Missouri tax credits for land assemblage and historic preservation that we will sell to you for 96 cents and that you can red...

KCMax wrote: Not KC, but a truck stop near Columbia will be the focus of a new Travel Channel show called "Truck Stop Missouri."

Interview with the manager: http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/201 ... normal-joe.

ignatius wrote: This is still a no win situation.  Now MO companies will threaten to go KS on their own and seek tax breaks from MO to stay.

Exactly.

brewcrew1000 wrote: you can watch every show online now for free.

Not in my experience.

kcmetro wrote: Instead of stealing KCMO companies, the KS burbs should be doing all they can to get a couple rail lines built to downtown...a commuter rail line and a light rail line.  That would do more for economic development in JOCO than stealing a company here and there.

Like the Strang Line?

I think this day and age too many people in the U.S. like their space, and that freedom of coming and going at any point in time. Right. So the question is, how much of a premium are they willing to pay for that lifestyle? For example, if $5 gas becomes the norm, and cars cost an extra $5K to meet ...

Excellent!

Probably should. Most bacteria is .4 micron (and very rarely as large as 5 microns in size) ... and refrigerator water filters are 1 micron at best - but usually larger. Good to know. Thanks. So because the filter holes are bigger than most bacteria, does that mean the filter wouldn't have to be re...

What if your refrigerator has a water filter, or if you have a whole-house system? Does that water still need to be boiled?

bobbyhawks wrote: I have no interest in going to some men's fashion boutique and spending $300 on a shirt. 

Especially when you can get it that season for less than $50 at Filene's Basement or Nordstrom Rack.

NDTeve wrote: This ticket and candidates should be a good distraction from all of the good work that Obama has failed to accomplish.

My generation's Jimmy Carter.

Reasons I don't like Fairway: - less walkable I used to live a block away from the Catalina house you're considering. It's a surprisingly walkable and bikeable area. The PV Shopping Center, Fairway Shops and the Johnson Drive-Martway areas are less than 30 minutes on foot. Roeland Park stuff, such ...

Pork Chop wrote: Sprint has major corporations coming in to view their product and services all the time. They have a dedicated area and staff near the main executive building soley for this.

Yup. I've had many a lunch and dinner in the Wintergarden.

I don't know either.  But I do know that in the recent past before the stock market downturn the KCMO Employees Pension Fund was over 100% funded. But was that 100%+ figure based on a  6% to 8% assumption? That's how a lot of public and private pensions passed themselves off as funded: by raising t...

Much like an individual's 401K pension system unfunded liabilities (or your obligations) mainly depend on the stock market returns.  After a good year those unfunded laibilities decrease quite substantially, a bad year and they increase.  If the stock markets ever reach the highs from the past you ...

Some day... the public sector is going to have to join reality with the rest of us. That day is already here in some places. A few municipalities -- one in Alabama, as I recall -- simply told pensioners that they couldn't afford to keep paying them and then stopped. I think the pensioners are suing...

trailerkid wrote: I'm just going to say that even though Metro North Mall is certainly dead...there are still a good number of customers walking its corridors on the weekend. It's fucking bizarre.

Are they mostly elderly? Maybe they're mall-walkers.

For both espresso and drip coffee, the ideal water temperature during brewing is 190-205 Fahrenheit.

brewcrew1000 wrote: My buddy was a manager at subway a few years ago and the Turkey they got said Ham Based Turkey Breast.

I bet it's like the imitation crab and lobster, which is some other mild fish meat flavored and colored to resemble crab or lobster.