tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3489735472319462990..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54754565332853250242008-06-24T20:56:00.000-05:002008-06-24T20:56:00.000-05:00Councillor Brown did a great job. You can say what you want about the 0.65 percent income tax increase, but the Republicans were definitely caught flat footed by Brown who called out each Councillor who voted against the proposal to raise the income taxes. The vote essentially keeps the money raised by the taxes for now. Brown's proposal would have returned it since the money raised was to go for the pension fund. That has now been taken up by the state of Indiana.<BR/><BR/>I also thought it was poignant when Monroe Gray opened up his microphone to talk about how debate was squelched by the vote. He was begging for media coverage on the squelching of debate. Most people know that Gray was accused of the same tactics last year.Jon Easterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463536746233150209noreply@blogger.com