HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22-26 Public Comment - M. Campanelli - Attn_ Tax Increment Finance Advisory Board From: Mark Campanelli
To: Bozeman Public Comment
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Attn:Tax Increment Finance Advisory Board: Kickoff Message
Date: Wednesday,January 14,2026 8:03:31 PM
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Greetings,
I wrote a guest column for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that was very skeptical about the
usage of TIF in our community. Please also read that as my full public
comment: htips://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_colunmists/mark-
campanelli-is-tax-increment-financing-making-bozeman-less-affordable/article_fc 107191-
e2c2-4b48-9a86-4208f47ab024.html.
In short, I think the wrong economic classes are by and large benefiting from TIF, and it
encourages the so-called municipal "growth Ponzi scheme" (see
htWs://www.strongtowns.org/joumal/2020-8-28-the-growth-ponzi-scheme-a-crash-course).
Please change this pattern. Instead help existing neighborhoods build stronger communities
that retain economic diversity without sacrificing our tax base.
Mark Campanelli
Bogert Park Neighbor
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