Ball tosses his hat into the ring for District 5 City Council seat; Airport property among concerns.(LOCAL NEWS)

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | April 19, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Mark Melady

WORCESTER - Rich Ball, an assessor running for City Council in District 5, wants to increase local tax revenues by expanding the commercial base, cracking down on tax delinquents and wringing more money out of the city's colleges and other nonprofits in lieu of property taxes.

"At this point it's all too obvious that the city has been too dependent on state aid for years," said Mr. Ball, a political independent making his first run for public office. "Instead of copping out when state aid declines and raising taxes, we need long-range fiscal planning ...

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