tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post4344614309884186413..comments2023-08-10T14:58:46.329+07:00Comments on Authority!: Taxpayers Screwed AgainTimothy J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-48036232924423960922015-09-15T21:50:18.778+07:002015-09-15T21:50:18.778+07:00Well, the taxpayers always get screwed, so no surp...Well, the taxpayers always get screwed, so no surprises there.<br /><br />As far as how the settlement can be good for "the city," we are talking about the city GOVERNMENT, and I can think of one way in which shelling out $6.4 million would be good for them:<br /><br />There are likely extant or threatened boycotts of Baltimore over the Freddie Gray incident. The city is likely losing, or stands to lose, conventions and other large tax revenue producers over the matter. And the potential tax revenues they're losing might well come to far more than $6.4 million.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.com