Freeman yearns for return to taxpayer-financed aristocracy

Freeman yearns for return to taxpayer-financed aristocracy

275-NOCHE-HORVATH-FREEMANWhen Historic City News readers think of “perks”, they think of rewards paid in private businesses to executives who have earned them by exceeding profits or some other measurable goal. In government, taxpayers expect that if perks for staff and elected officials exist at all, they are limited to de minimis conveniences like a parking space closer to the building, or a key to an executive restroom.