[wild wild west]

Agree fully, Wooster. What is most troubling with these same Aldermen who are allegedly fighting to keep taxes low is that these are the same guys who are relentlessly pushing for increased sprawl at the City's edge, which is far greater a contribution to the City's budget challenges than a bloody pedestrian bridge is.

Also, I find it bewildering that people get more upset over a $10 per month increase to their property tax bill of perhaps $1800 a year than they do over the fact that most of us pay tens of thousands of dollars in income taxes every year to higher levels of government. If there is any one level of government which I feel delivers real value for our tax dollars, it is municipal.