....this report covers issues in the development of analytical capacity in tax policy and the evaluation of a financial management decision making system and mechanism at Boston City Hall; also covered are issues dealing with changing state roles in state and local fiscal affairs with an emphasis on state supervision of municipal financial management, particularly local property assessment practices; includes historical development of issues discussed; also kept on this number is a "first" report dated Decmber 1978 and a "second" report dated Feb. 1979...