Comments on Advance Indiana™: Townships Hoard $200 Million

"...and public housing agencies across the state h...

2009-02-12T10:48:00.000-05:00

"...and public housing agencies across the state house hundreds of thousands of non-taxpaying people."

And these non-taxpaying people will now get a TAX REFUND CHECK from "The One."

Aren't we all just so proud!

...and public housing agencies across the state ho...

2009-02-12T08:07:00.000-05:00

...and public housing agencies across the state house hundreds of thousands of non-taxpaying people.

Sorry, Thundermutt, your math is wrong. Consider ...

2009-02-12T08:06:00.000-05:00

Sorry, Thundermutt, your math is wrong. Consider that one taxpaying property owner could own an apartment complex with over 500 units, each unit could have 2 or more people....bottom line the math is wrong.

It is time to eliminate the corruption, nepotism, and waste that is "Township" government.

It's not time to eliminate township government. Th...

2009-02-11T23:54:00.000-05:00

It's not time to eliminate township government. That just puts more power into fewer hands. Go to the meetings and keep tabs on these people. Rally your neighbors to help you hold them accountable. Then run against these people in the next election.

Let's say for argument's sake there are 2 people p...

2009-02-11T16:37:00.000-05:00

Let's say for argument's sake there are 2 people per household in Indiana. Each household pays property tax either directly as an owner or indirectly as a renter.

So the "hoard" is $60 per household. About enough for a tank of gas and a dinner out.

It's minimal, and a distraction from the true benefit of full consolidation of township government: elimination of unneccessarily duplicated overhead.

I agree with you Indy4U2C, and I'm not sure you get that.

Imagine if Carl Drummer had lowered taxes even mor...

2009-02-11T12:27:00.000-05:00

Imagine if Carl Drummer had lowered taxes even more, to the minimum they honestly needed to be?

Why did he pay out the LEAST of all townships while raking in and accumulating the most money?

Remember: Townships get their TAX money from prop...

2009-02-11T12:00:00.000-05:00

Remember: Townships get their TAX money from property owners. There are far fewer property owners than there are population...which means, Thundermutt, your math is wrong. For an accurate portrayal, you must divide the surplus by number of taxpaying property owners, not the population.

...and, Thundermutt, there is no such "extra cost"...

2009-02-11T11:09:00.000-05:00

...and, Thundermutt, there is no such "extra cost" of fire, just elimination of duplicate administrative jobs as for courts, the consolidation can continue to use filing fees to pay for the Consolidated Small Claim Court, thus no additional tax. Constable functions would be performed by the civil sheriff who can charge fees for process service...and schools would eliminate duplicate administrative functions.

The end result, Thundermutt, is that those of us who pay TAXes would pay less and be better served.

2009-02-11T11:05:00.000-05:00

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that's an insult to dumpsters. Besides, maybe he w...

2009-02-11T10:37:00.000-05:00

that's an insult to dumpsters. Besides, maybe he was looking for some better huggies

Gary, that's not a fair attack on Wilson. He had ...

2009-02-11T09:33:00.000-05:00

Gary, that's not a fair attack on Wilson. He had plenty to do. Not everyone will lower themselves to do the dirty work of dumpster diving.

In the interest of disclosure, Wilson Allen had on...

2009-02-11T09:18:00.000-05:00

In the interest of disclosure, Wilson Allen had one of those do-nothing, make work jobs for political hacks in the Center Township Trustee's office for many years before retiring.

Except for 2004, Center Township Trustee Carl Drum...

2009-02-11T09:12:00.000-05:00

Except for 2004, Center Township Trustee Carl Drummer consistently and deliberately lowered taxes every year.

Basic math: 6+ million people live in Indiana. T...

2009-02-11T08:51:00.000-05:00

Basic math: 6+ million people live in Indiana. This amounts to a "hoard" of a little over $30 per person in township reserves.

This is a distraction from the true extra cost of unconsolidated township poor-relief, fire, court, constable, and school systems in Marion County.