My local newspaper was also stupidly paywalled, but one day a civil prosecutor noticed they were a non-profit and paywalling was a violation of their tax exempt status. Within weeks they dropped the paywall but tried to brand it as something enabled by generous donors and not a legal requirement.
That's a picture of the instructor not the student
That is actually the opposite argument as this project had. We'll never know the full truth because in the Utah legislature the Republicans exempted themselves from FOIA/GRAMA requests. What it looks like happened based on the emails and records we do have is the Republican House Leader Stuart Adams (a land developer) bought 640 acres of waterless desert land for $10. He then tried to lure the data center to the land next to his by promising Kevin O'Leary it would be tax exempt. This would have made his plot exponentially more valuable.
The local county (about 50,000 cattle and peach farmers) government calculated the data center would cost the county government about $5 million per year because they'd be on the hook for police, fire, ambulance, water, sewer, snow removal, road maintenance etc. The county government didn't think it was a fair deal for them so they got O'Leary to agree to a one time payment of $20 million, long enough for these local Republicans to win reelection and then everyone forget by the next cycle.
Fun fact O'Leary originally proposed a solar, wind, and battery powered data center but the state level Republicans put a condition on approval that it must be fossil fuel powered. The Utah Way!
California did the same thing with the Freeway Killer
They thought it was one guy, but was 3.
My parents were very anti-sugar/processed foods and extremely controlling of our diet, there was a lock on the pantry door and everything (which is how I learned to pick locks 😉). All of us went wild in adulthood. All of us are obese except my sister who runs a half marathon per day. The funny thing is my parents never ate healthy, they would devour desserts at work and hide candy in their bedroom closet. My dad still drinks a gallon of chocolate milk per week
I largely agree with your points. My city government saw this and tried to break off just a single responsibility away from cops (transporting homeless people to a shelter) and give it to specially trained social workers. But the police union immediately began crying because they thought it could potentially lead to reduced police budgets in the future and they got the Republican state legislature to pass laws protecting the full scope of police responsibility.
Also in my personal experience with cops I know IRL, they love using their guns and look for every opportunity to use one. Shooting innocent dogs is a perk to them.
Who knew buying in bulk could save you money?
This is what's happening to Vegas, the number of visitors is dropping but the casino profit is increasing. The city no longer caters to the middle class but to millionaires.
Yes that's my point. Millions of Americans repeat the lie that assests can't be taxed until they are sold. They fret about the administrative details, logistics, morality of it. Meanwhile it's happening everyday for most homeowners.
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