Now I know TPA is in trouble

My hometown newspaper, The Burlington Standard Press, has a story about how worried the local leaders are about the Taxpayer Protection Amendment (TPA) flavor of the day and what it may do to local budgets and growth. Burlington is not exactly a hotbed of progressive politics. In fact, I'm one of only a handful of Democrats to probably ever come out of that city. If TPA can't make it there, it can't make it anywhere in this state.

The city is already facing a deficit in the near future and the mayor is concerned about how the new legislation will handle TIF districts since they currently have a couple of them in Burlington. The mayor could call his state representatives with questions, but I'm sure they don't know how the new legislation will deal with TIFs either.

You can find the story here.