….This time from editorial page editor Allen Johnson, who’s really about kissing High Point University president Nido Qubein’s you-know-what, but starts out with this:
First, to state the obvious: The county commissioners’ mysterious aversion to High Point’s ambitious downtown ballpark plan is, well, just plain dumb.
No, what would be just plain dumb is signing off on this project without without exploring the possible consequences of tax increment financing. A good place for Allen Johnson to start would be right here, where the John Locke Foundation breaks down the risks associated with TIFs.
