Geoffrey Propheter
@gpropheter.bsky.social
Associate professor at CUDenver. I study prop tax policy & admin, state & local public finance, land development, and sports facility economics. Punk music. Lots of basketball. George Carlin. Big Trouble in Little China, Clue, Bill&Ted. Sac Kings.
I was working for NYC less than 10 years ago, and I had to learn COBOL to pull ptax data from a mainframe. The stakes are lower with ptax data than SNAP obvi. It took NYC DOF tens of millions over a decade to create a new system that as soon as it went live was already out of date.
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I was working for NYC less than 10 years ago, and I had to learn COBOL to pull ptax data from a mainframe. The stakes are lower with ptax data than SNAP obvi. It took NYC DOF tens of millions over a decade to create a new system that as soon as it went live was already out of date.
Yes, to clarify data reflect spurs arena prop b vote. And margin is in %pts. My bad for the ambiguity.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yes, to clarify data reflect spurs arena prop b vote. And margin is in %pts. My bad for the ambiguity.
But the only nfl stadium that can claim it has received next to no preferential, ad hoc subsidy treatment is sofi. The other 5 received land, heavily discounted land rents, infrastructure improvements, etc, all of which are subsidies that help make the stadium possible.
September 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
But the only nfl stadium that can claim it has received next to no preferential, ad hoc subsidy treatment is sofi. The other 5 received land, heavily discounted land rents, infrastructure improvements, etc, all of which are subsidies that help make the stadium possible.