Dallas On The Verge of Bankruptcy

“Half of a Texas Homeowner’s Property Taxes Would be Needed to Pay Pension Contributions”

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2016 /

Watchdog.org is a great site to read (and subscribe to) for nitty gritty (gritty) fiscal news. Doing a little search, back in 2011, Watchdog ran this headline: Pension reformers warn of looming breaking point, cite governments’ ‘actuarial bullshit’ That was when legislators in tiny Rhode island voted overwhelmingly to remove pension benefits from all its employees…

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Dallas Bankruptcy Woes Now National Headlines Via the New York Times: Effect on Dallas Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / November 21, 2016 /

Above the fold, which means full media attention: the NYT story heads that  “Dallas is staring down a Texas-sized bankruptcy”, and it opines how the city with “the fastest economic growth of the nation’s 13 largest cities” could be, well, Detroit. Yeah, good question. Its streets hum with supersize cars and its skyline bristles with…

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