Robert Lipscomb, director of the city's Division of Housing and Community Development, estimates that 30 percent of properties inside Memphis are tax exempt, including government buildings, churches, hospitals, nonprofits and universities.

So thirty percent of properties in the city get a free ride.  There's something not right about that (for the record, I've never understood why churches anywhere got an exemption from taxes - simply does not make sense).

"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." – The Doctor (Tom Baker)