Yup. I didn't bat an eye, M. Make sure if you quit you raise hell. Just find out who's on the editorial board of the paper and who the editor plays golf with first.
This is the way it was when i was in Chester and far worse in Camden. They have the county sewage treatment plant, the county incinerator, the county jail, the state jail, St. Lawrence Cement (chased out of Canada b/c of environmental violations) the Del Monte cannery, etc.
Every time one was built the reasoning went, "but this will provide jobs (read

rofits) that are desperately needed in Camden".
Not a one of those places, including the shiny new stuff on the waterfront, pays property taxes. They are all in 15-20 year PILOT programs that don't come close to the full value of location and available infrastructure and some places employ no Camden residents at all. A lot of this stuff is "public/private" partnership - meaning public expenses, property tax exempt, and private profit.
The county has controlled local affairs for 35 years or so, always making sure their guys got elected (it's amazing what a side deal with a local pastor can get you.) The State recently took over the job, appointed a former one-term mayor as CEO of the city, suspended elections, and wrested all legal and decision making power from the City Council. The city is now a developers paradise, except certain developers, aware of the corruption, are already leaving town.
It's democracy at work. One dollar one vote.