TIF is something that is heavily, heavily abused here in Texas
I have a representative here in Maine that has submitted a bill to the legislature on my behalf to define two terms in our state TIF law. The terms are “blight” and “credit enhancment agreement”. My city likes to call waterfront property that is next to other high end property, blighted.* My defintion would kill that. The definintion of CEA is being added to require requiring actually adding jobs (and not just taking jobs from another nearby town) to the location to get money back.
This was introduced and killed in a repblican led legislature 4 years ago that I worked to elect. So much for your friends helping you after you help them.
* the only blight on our waterfront in Porltand Maine are the empty parking lots that the city has built right on the water after community forums siad don’t do it.