Table Of Contents

1. Preface to the Second Edition

1. The Unknown Government
2. Blight Makes Right
3. Tax Increment Diversion
   • Table I, Property Tax Increment as a Percentage of Total Property Tax Revenues statewide
4. Debt: Play Now, Pay Later
   • Table II, Total Redevelopment Indebtedness Statewide
   • Table III, Top 10 Cities by Total Redevelopment Indebtedness
   • Table IV, Top 10 Per-Capita Redevelopment Indebtedness by City
5. Corporate Welfare
6. Predatory Redevelopment: Sales Tax Shell Game
7. The Myth Of Economic Development
   • Table V, Per-Capita Income Growth Redevelopment vs. Non-Redevelopment
   • Table VI, Personal Income Growth Comparison Between Cities With and Without Redevelopment
8. Eminent Domain For Private Gain
9. The Redevelopment Establishment
10. What You Can Do
11. Reclaiming Redevelopment Revenue
    • Table VII, Annual Revenue Gains by Public Entity
    • Table VIII, Current Per-Student Expenditures (1996-97)
    • Table IX, Pre-Student Expenditures, with Restored Property Taxes

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