AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
In Broward County, Fla., voters approved a new property tax and a special district to provide services for disadvantaged children.
The new district was the Broward
County Children’s Services Council.
Shayne Kavanagh, senior manager of
research for the 26,000-plus member Government Finance Officers Association, said
local government must challenge itself to find ways of increasing economic
activity without increasing operational costs.
He said better coordination of
land-use policy to economic development could help.
Development that results in urban
sprawl often costs as much or more than the new taxes generated by the
development itself.
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