[evaluation of Boston's government finances]
Published: 1980
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Finance; Proposition 2 1/2; Taxation; Boston. School Department; Government Finance; Analysis; Budget; Costs; School Department; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Description: ...evaluates many of the key financial and administrative aspects of Boston city government, including, but not limited to, tax rates, deficit spending, the city budget, the school budget, MBTA costs, debt, increasing assessments, the potential effects of Proposition 2 1/2; compares 1980 and 1981 tax collections, by source, city budget (and surplus or deficit) for 1980 and 1981; debt payable from tax levy as of June 30, 1980, appropriations and expenditures by major department, school budget appropriations and expenditures, FY1970-FY1980; sample of property assessments for the South End, 1980 and 1981...