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when combined, these 7 enormous surface parking lots near downtown Louisville pay only a quarter of the property tax of 1 single nearby apartment building
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cityresearch@cityresearchOct 24
Replying to @U_arctos
love not being able to watch the evening news or Jeopardy because I don't want the kids to see x-rated, money-laundering political ads produced by deranged grifters
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Wander Aesthetic
@NatureRoot88Oct 22
Can you guess this city in one try? Hint: It is in USA 🇺🇸
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stltoday.com/news/local/gove…

Data centers could pay for residents’ solar panels under St. Louis bill

Aldermanic President Megan Green wants to charge data centers a fee and use the proceeds for solar panels and storage batteries for low-income residents.

stltoday.com
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amazing map of where cities are
Amazing Maps
@amazingmapOct 20
Land around America's biggest cities is estimated at $1 million or more per hectare.
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@ratlimit
@ratlimitOct 19
The carbon footprint of driving to the polls cancels out any of the good of voting
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POLITICO
@politicoOct 18
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

politico.com
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Vic Vaiana@vicvaianaOct 6
Replying to @Srirachachau
One Battle Before My Cool Daughter Saves The World
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the batmen will continue until morale improves
Chaos Crave
@ChaosCrave_Oct 4
HBO and A24 are officially co-producing a 6-part 'BATMAN' detective series directed by Robert Eggers. The project will reportedly be an R-rated, highly stylized period piece set in 1920s Gotham with zero CGI.
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there it is. according to this midwestern graphic designer, Louisville is officially in "The South"
Josh Barzon
@JoshuaBarzonOct 4
America’s 8 main regions. Darker at their cores, lighter where they blend together with adjacent regions.
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change the name of this platform to DiggerChat
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shani@boysforshaniOct 1
every week is pj harvey week for me don’t even play
roCKy@cnkerrSep 29
Cat Power week on here was really fun! We should do PJ Harvey next.
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Mad Men Quotes@MadMenQtsOct 1
🎃👻🎃👻
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KYTC District 7@KYTCDistrict7Sep 30
BIG News, Lexington! The New Double Crossover Diamond (DCD) at Leestown Road and New Circle Opens Very Soon! The new DCD is expected to open to traffic by 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, bringing safer, smoother travel to one of the busiest corridors in the city.
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Yum! is putting their logo on the PNC Tower and they released a rendering that is approximately 17 pixels by 4 pixels
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Much of the opposition to the Ninth Street Expressway came from Old Louisville, although ofc Ninth would end up being functionally an expressway until it reaches Magnolia
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Josh Metcalf
@josh_metcalfSep 28
by popular demand -- the 30 most republican metro areas in the country
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Citystate Podcast@_CitystateSep 28
New Citystate episode!🚨 This week talking about the new planning process for Big Rock at Cherokee Park, an exciting announcement about the Moving Forest project in downtown Louisville, and a little chatter about some of Louisville's new mega festivals. open.spotify.com/episode/2NB…
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A Roundabout Way to Create a Pedestrian Plaza (for Louisville's Douglass Loop) udstudio.org/stories/a-round…
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LOST
@TheLOSTworld_Sep 25
The New York Times’ final list of the 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century is now complete. What do you make of the final ranking? Which placements surprised you the most?
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