Lafayette is a municipal corporation. If it were run like a corporation, this would merely be a necessary shifting of resources from a failing division to a profitable one, a way to strengthen the overall corporation. We don’t generally run our incorporated municipalities like corporations, however. It’s hard to imagine the affluent – in their newer homes on large lots paying substantial taxes out on the edge of town – voting for local government officials that promise to intentionally abandon their cul-de-sac to free up the cash needed to make substantial improvements to the high-crime, poor
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