Yes, GfinS, and 90% of those "attacks" come from you...

Yeah, brucie... Most of $$$ used my local governments is from property taxes, however, they also receive $$$ from...

*the state government thru various programs and...

...the federal government thru block grants... Block grants are way down now because the Republicans have stripped most of the $$$ out of them... These grants, however, have been used to renovate old buildings, rebuild old bridges, fund infill projects... One can argue that this should be done by the communities alone but local governments, for the most part, are cash strapped and these projects won't/can't get done without the grants... In a perfect world those grants would be equally spread around but in today's world, less populated states (red states) have received way more block grant per/capita than states with larger populations...

This kinda makes you wonder why red states seem so pissed off at the federal government seein' as they live at the front teet...

B~