Comments on Advance Indiana™: Star Downplays Tax Increase Proposal

Yet another Indiana tax increase.Indiana is on a d...

2007-07-03T14:42:00.000-05:00

Yet another Indiana tax increase.
Indiana is on a downward spiral.
The legislature does not have the insight to see what more increases in taxes are doing to the average resident.
With the new property tax increase in a state that already has one of the highest mortgage default rates and an increasing income tax, Indiana is heading for troubles soon.
Already our property values have dropped 20 to 40% due to the large amounts of properties on the market by banks looking to unload the properties that have been foreclosed upon.
Now with the increase in property taxes from 12 to 120% this glut of bank owned properties is sure to rise. I know of 15 people so far that are in deep trouble due to increas in monthly taxes at $300 to $600 per month. I even know of a few that have monthly tax payments higher than the actual mortgage note.
Add an increase in income tax to the already struggling tax payer and you just add salt to the wound.
As for me, I am moving far away from Indiana as soon as I can sell the properties I have. This seems to be the general thought in Indiana now. Get out before you no longer can.

Perhaps one of the problems is that the Indy Star'...

2007-06-12T22:18:00.000-05:00

Perhaps one of the problems is that the Indy Star's "political analyst," Matt Tulley, is on vacation.

Oh, wait.

Matt is ALWAYS on vacation. Even when he's not.

Oh, never mind....

Wilson - It's not my deadline, it's the state's. ...

2007-06-12T21:02:00.000-05:00

Wilson - It's not my deadline, it's the state's. And it's nothing new. As you know, even under a democratic administration, there were problems with the last re-assessment.

You may be the most partisan person I've never met.

If the state taxation system is set up that only a...

2007-06-12T18:11:00.000-05:00

If the state taxation system is set up that only a few of the 92 counties can make your required deadlines, there is something really wrong in that administration. Local officials really do try to do the right thing but when a majority can't comply, there's something wrong with the state's demands!

Wilson, that's an outright lie. As you well know,...

2007-06-12T11:23:00.000-05:00

Wilson, that's an outright lie. As you well know, only a handful of counties made their deadline to provide the information to the state. The state people had to work their butts off to make up for the lost time.

Appears Crime was the top priority in 1999. Beyon...

2007-06-12T09:01:00.000-05:00

Appears Crime was the top priority in 1999. Beyond angry cops concerned with the IPD and Sheriff consolidation, how is he really doing?

The Peterson Plan
Building a World-Class City
Neighborhood by Neighborhood

http://www.indygov.org/NR/rdonlyres/AF3252E8-7F5D-4E72-A7B6-CD7E6DC7DCF3/0/PetersonPlanI.pdf

According to the Indiana Legislative Insight:"The ...

2007-06-12T08:27:00.000-05:00

According to the Indiana Legislative Insight:

"The Governor has never been quite as keen on the need for property tax relief (especially with the State paying for it) as legislators have been, and he is less likely than lawmakers to be directly blamed for the lack of relief if the tracks back off."

Mitch Daniels' state taxation authorities are stra...

2007-06-12T08:23:00.000-05:00

Mitch Daniels' state taxation authorities are strangely late in releasing required data and permissions so that local entities can proceed on tax calculation. budgeting and collection. Everybody is operating in the dark until the Statehouse tax guys get off their duff!

Even the temporary property tax rebate fix was the result of lat-minute scrambling after the state taxation folk dropped the devastating info on the Assembly just a couple of weeks before adjournment. Why are Mitch's folk dragging their feet?