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the previous fiscal year. The city should expect a 2 percent decrease in sales tax revenue, as well as a 5 percent decrease in state intergovernmental grants. To offset this loss revenue as well as changes in the property tax revenue, this budget proposal recommends increasing property taxes and select fees, while still limiting the use of the fund balance. Property Taxes For FY2016, the assessed value of total taxable property dropped to $198,900,000. If the city maintains the current millage rate

Roger Marcoux, who is the current sheriff of lamoille county Vermont, grew up in the very community he is now protecting. In 1984 Roger Marcoux started his career as a law enforcer. He started out as a drug enforcer and traveled the world for years at a time. With these years away from his home town, the young Vermont farm boy witnessed many things on his years abroad that opened his eyes to the world. These things are including motivated murders, gangs and many more. The experiences he witnessed

When traveling, we often drive through many small towns close to a larger city and it makes me wonder about the history that is behind the small, often forgotten city that is shadowed by larger, popular cities. Growing up in Missouri, I have only heard about West Memphis, Arkansas a handful of times and it is mainly regarding the fact that it is very close to Memphis, Tennessee; which is an admired destination spot today. Small towns are often overlooked and are known as a “thing in the past,” but

The cost of real estate in America for individuals with low income have constantly been inclining due to inflation and economic discrimination. Within the urban and suburban America, members of the African-American, Mexican and Puerto Rican communities are often heavy targets from Burroughs which are comprised of low-income housing. There is a racial fix to inflate the value within the market by cheapening specific low-income housing and later inflating the price for investment by the white population

Macintyre et al. propose three unique explanations for why health varies based on geographical location. The first is a compositional explanation, and is focused on the individuals themselves. It takes into account, as the name implies, the composition of both the self and the group, as each individual is part of the larger community. As described by the article, this explanation includes "the characteristics of individuals concentrated in particular places" (p. 130). A second explanation is

Montevallo is a City of Things That Go Unnoticed Everyone has a story, everything has a story. And those stories can be lost to our everyday lives. You get so used to seeing all of it, that you become blind to it. You become blind to the moments, to the view, even to the people around you; but I don’t. The life that I have lived so far, I have been alone more times then I can count. And over this time I have grown an aptitude for observing. At first it just a way to keep my mind occupied. However

A Long Time Ago on a planet in a City called Vaxis. Vaxis is the planets centaur and the biggest city in the world. There are other cities but they did not match the huge buildings or the beauty of the city. The city of Vaxis look of steel and stone it gave a shine when the sun comes out and an ocean view. The stone is smooth and there where parks, schools, and a lot of stores selling food the smell is like a lameness smell mixed with heat and an ocean smell to it. 30 years ago there was a war

Gentrification presents itself when outsiders enter an urban community, commonly densely populated with people of color, and through complicit actions wards off the residents within. As the area begins to gain popularity and appeal, the soaring property prices create an incentive for the property owners to rid of the tenants to make room for the newcomers. Furthermore, corporations begin to supersede homes and exploit defenseless communities. Although the newcomers do tend to improve these previously

Potholes in Houston Imagine coming to a new city for the first time and you are visiting a college that you are interested in. When you arrive in this city, everything is beautiful and up to your liking and standards, then you exit the highway to go on the city streets where your college is located and then BOOM! Your car has just hit a steep pothole in the middle of the street. Well this is what happened to me when I came to Houston to visit Houston Baptist University. I had never encountered so

which was good for sending Political messages commercial messages and also emergency messages. Railroads even became a huge hit amongst the people of that time this turned Chicago into the number one commercial hub because of all these advancements city growth and wages also increased. Homes were also starting to change homes made of wood were now being replaced with brick row houses. The upper/middle class had beautiful homes and also beautiful furniture. (Article continued on