As businesses close and people move away, property values of commercial buildings and of homes have declined. many of the buildings in centerville are being abandoned.
1. how will this situation affect the tac base of centerville?
2. what effects is the situation likely to have on the operating budget?
the mayor calls a meeting of the town council to come up with ways to raise more revenue.
1) what are some options the town council might explore for increasing revenue?
2) which options might they reject for fear of driving more people out of town or forcing more businesses to close?

The owner of a one-acre parcel of land with a small house on it rented the property to a professor of a nearby college at a monthly rental of $500. several years later, after the professor got tenure, the parties orally agreed that the professor would purchase the property from the owner for the sum of $60,000, payable at the rate of $500 a month for 10 years. they agreed that the owner would give the professor a deed to the property after five years had passed and $30,000 had been paid toward the purchase price, and that the professor would execute a note secured by a mortgage for the balance. the professor continued in possession of the property and made all monthly payments in a timely fashion. when he had paid $30,000, he tendered a proper note and mortgage to the property owner and demanded that she deliver the deed as agreed. the owner refused because valuable minerals had been discovered on adjacent parcels in recent months, causing the value of this parcel of land to increase to 10 times its former value. the professor brought suit against the property owner for specific performance. if the court rules in favor of the property owner, what is the likely reason?

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Humans are the only animals capable of communication