Say the word “hydroponics” or the even more mysterious sounding “controlled environment agriculture” and the image that most people conjure in their minds is of large greenhouses or artificially lit rooms filled with complex hoses and tubes using all manner of technological gizmos to pump water...
All of this with NO DEBT and NO outstanding bonds, and most importantly all of this accomplished with NO increase in the city tax rate. In fact, the city tax rate has decreased each of the last 7 years in a row and the City has millions of dollars cash on hand thanks to fiscal resp...