[caption id="attachment_3411" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo and the caption by Arkansas.gov: “Governor Beebe today [Mar 3, 2010] helped dedicat

Two recent investigative news reports, one in North Carolina and another in District of Columbia, provide useful examples of how major campaign contributors often end up receiving substantial subsidies or special tax treatment.

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Congratulations to community groups in Columbia, Missouri on their win last week preventing most of the city from being designated “blighted” to create massive property tax abatements.

The St.