Franklin County proposes changes to TransCanada TIF agreement
Will Kibby live forever ?
With the county expected to reach $4 million revenue cap this year, proposed changes to the deal would lengthen the terms to 30 years, remove the cap and broaden how the county could spend the generated money.
FARMINGTON
Proposed amendments to Franklin County’s
tax increment financing agreement with TransCanada Maine
Wind Development aim to capture more tax money from the company’s
Kibby Mountain wind turbine project and broaden the category of projects the county
can use the revenue for.
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Comment by Long Islander on August 15, 2016 at 12:05am
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Maine TIF law allows billions in business property taxes to be diverted (Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting)
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-tif-law-allows-bi...
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on August 14, 2016 at 9:22am
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@Dan McKay: Yes they get those committees in Augusta by request and also manipulate who the other committee members are, hoping they the newbies are so uninformed as to go with the flow and allow passage of a profitable pet bill. This was the appearance of what Dion was trying to accomplish, until it became obvious that the Legal advisor to the committee had all but re-written for the corporations the proposed statute. (caught) (abandoned attempt) It never made it out of committee.
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Comment by Dan McKay on August 14, 2016 at 8:12am
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Cleveland sat on the EUT committee lobbying for wind. Now, we know why.
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The reason the $4 million cap was reached so quickly was due to the County budget increases which raised the tax bills on all property owners. Now, with 100% capture, the people receive no break from this project( although the project owner does) The government has created a way to grow bigger by giving the taxpayer the shaft. By the way, wind projects will make the electric rates paid by the people soar.
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This article states the TIF generated $422,000 for Franklin County ( not one cent went to the pocket of property taxpayers) Actually, more went into Cleveland's pocket than to taxpayers. It also states the captured amount will go from 75% to 100% with the credit enhancement proportions remaining the same which means TransCanada gets more tax money returned to them as the taxpayers will get not a penny back to their pockets. The TIF scam lives on.
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Comment by alice mckay barnett on August 13, 2016 at 6:23pm
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scenic byways a joke
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Comment by Paula D Kelso on August 13, 2016 at 5:36pm
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I wish they'd given actual dollar amounts and not just percentages in describing the TIF. To let everyone know just how much money TransCanada is getting in tax rebating each year from the County. If the County tax is $4,000,000 and they get 40% back, that's $1,600,000 refunded. I don't like the developers getting the tax money instead of Maine towns and counties. TIF's were supposed to be a means for Maine counties and municipalities to develop their communities, not destroy them.
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