Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Got State Lawmakers To Approve Backdoor Property Tax Increase This Past Session

Sir Headstoned, Election of each Ci...

2015-08-21T01:01:52.828-05:00

Sir Headstoned,
Election of each City County member is based upon votes cast in individual districts, not by the overall party votes cast in Marion County. The last two elections were pre-reapportionment unlike the upcoming 2015 November election. If you take past voting patterns, as Brooks used in his manipulation, you will find that Republican voters predominate in 15 of the 25 districts. By not taking into consideration the overall Marion County vote, at large candidates have been eliminated. With a now one member Democratic majority and an immediate loss of four at large Democratic seats the deck is stacked and the math is simple. So much for home rule, taxpayers.

"In addition, the reapportionment of district...

2015-08-20T21:30:41.401-05:00

"In addition, the reapportionment of districts will now favor a Republican majority by 15 to 10"

Did you just come in from Denver with a Rocky Mountain High? There's not enough baseline votes in Marion County to justify that line of thinking. It'll be 15-10 but the Dems will have the majority. Look at the past two election cycles since the last municipal election which brought the Dems to majority in the CCC - both have gone 60-40 in favor of the Dems.

And it will only get worse thanks to Pence and the...

2015-08-20T10:53:09.556-05:00

And it will only get worse thanks to Pence and the State Legislature's interference in the City Council's composition. SEA 621 will take away the 4 at large seats currently held by Democrats. In addition, the reapportionment of districts will now favor a Republican majority by 15 to 10. There will be no stopping any non-income producing project or corporate dole paid for on the backs of Marion County taxpayers. Welcome to Indianapolis - better to visit here than to live here.

Nor is there a Democratic Party. There is one Repu...

2015-08-19T20:32:23.803-05:00

Nor is there a Democratic Party. There is one Republicrat Party.

There is no republican party in the state capitol ...

2015-08-19T19:51:18.045-05:00

There is no republican party in the state capitol of Indianapolis.

Gary, you are far too kind in describing this dict...

2015-08-19T16:38:12.520-05:00

Gary, you are far too kind in describing this dictatorial corruptocrat on the 25th floor as a "low-life piece of scum". Far too kind.

I just cannot believe that Marion County is now like Nazi Germany- but that is what the Marion County GOP brought us to. No one can stop our madman mayor from enriching himself and his cronies at the peoples' expense and the peoples' convenience.

For your demographics, I usually vote "Republican". I doubt I will vote at all in the next election. Why vote? When even our elected officials will not obey the law, the law is meaningless. And why should we follow the law when even the mayor will not?

Gary, why not move? Indy isn't that great. I w...

2015-08-19T16:22:04.196-05:00

Gary, why not move? Indy isn't that great. I want to move. Over 3/4 of Indy is depressed.

You can do better than Indy in a lot of places.

Interesting votes.

2015-08-19T15:08:48.070-05:00

Interesting votes.