In a tiff about TIF?

Today's feature in the Des Moines Register is about the use of TIF districts in Iowa, which includes 6 stories on the subject and will continue tomorrow. I didn't have the time to read everything, but what I did read was pretty good. If you read the stories in the Register you will get a very good background on how TIF is being used in Iowa.

Now, I went back and forth on the emminent domain issue. I think the abuse of TIF districts is far more reaching and harmful than the abuse of emminent domain. There just hasn't been a high profile court case to push the issue to the forefront like Kelo did with emminent domain.