Comments on Advance Indiana™: Council Committee Nixes Part Of Ballard Tax Increase Proposal

Much akin to a teenager wasting his/her $20 allowa...

2014-08-22T06:32:46.685-05:00

Much akin to a teenager wasting his/her $20 allowance an hour after you give it to them, the city doesn't have an income problem, it has a serious spending problem. You don't give the degenerate gambler more money, you ban him from the casino.

The city has plenty of money with the state ta...

2014-08-21T17:22:18.187-05:00

The city has plenty of money with the state taking over per-1977 pensions, car rental increases, hotel increases, sales tax increases etc. The problem is that the city has one priority, to keep their elistest buddies well paid.

Ballard needs to realize that WE SEE RIGHT THROUGH...

2014-08-21T16:55:10.459-05:00

Ballard needs to realize that WE SEE RIGHT THROUGH his propaganda and misuse of our money.

He talks about those things that we can all agree on and generate emotional response: public safety, education. But he in reality WASTES our tax money on stupid, unwanted bike lanes, a unused and unwanted Cricket field, and the construction industry pays off to him in campaign contributions. Quid-pro-quo, only we taxPAYERS are fed up with the misuse of our money.

I was trying to peg the rate increase figure, but ...

2014-08-21T08:11:27.643-05:00

I was trying to peg the rate increase figure, but it's probably better to talk about the overall percentage rate increase.

"The council, however, appears to be willing ...

2014-08-21T07:56:13.910-05:00

"The council, however, appears to be willing to go along with raising local income taxes by 0.25% to generate an additional $30 million a year that will supposedly be spent on IMPD staffing."

Not sure if you want to clarify. They're wanting to increase the public safety portion of the Local Option Income Tax from .35 to .5. That's not a .15% increase, it's a 43% increase in the tax. If you look at the entire LOIT it's like 9% or 10% increase.