Incentives at the local level.
Percentage of local governments that report having a nonprofit development corporation with primary responsibility for economic development:
22.3%
Source: International City/County Management Association
The Coming Storm
Amount spent per Multnomah County, Ore., household in 2004 to deal with problems stemming from methamphetamine abuse:
$363
Source: Seattle Times
Gambling and Taxes (do they understand this?)
? Number of Pennsylvania school districts that have voted to accept gambling revenues for property-tax rebates, in return for which the districts must enact a 0.1 percent earned-income-tax increase and conduct voter referendums on school budgets if tax hikes exceed an annual inflation index:
96
? Number of districts that voted not to accept the gambling money:
318
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/28/05
