Comments on Advance Indiana™: 85% Of Home Reassessments Up In Marion County

For the last 32 years we have made house payments....

2008-02-22T22:34:00.000-05:00

For the last 32 years we have made house payments. We're out of that maze now, and are renting and liking it very much. Plus we're saving gobs of money. Check out why at peoplepowergranny.blogspot.com. And of course, vote in my poll on which you prefer.

"Patrick Bauer" and "learn" do not belong in the s...

2008-02-21T16:10:00.000-05:00

"Patrick Bauer" and "learn" do not belong in the same sentence.

Why all the anger about the wording of this "tax c...

2008-02-21T14:20:00.000-05:00

Why all the anger about the wording of this "tax cap" that the Politicians intend to eliminate anyway?

Please remember:

A property tax shift to sales tax is not a tax decrease.

A local income tax increase is not a tax cut.

A property tax cap is not possible without a decrease in government spending.

Taxpayers should be angry at the entire tax crisis solution considering it will actually increase your taxes.

Just add 1% to the sales tax on the accessed value of your home to see how this works.

Here is Indiana's current “tax cut” plan:•Reduce t...

2008-02-21T13:41:00.000-05:00

Here is Indiana's current “tax cut” plan:

•Reduce the increase in tax deductible property taxes and shift the entire tax burden to non-deductible sales taxes.

•Increase the local income tax

•Reduce no government spending

•Result: NET TAX INCREASE

We've got to quit governing like this!

The bipartisan government-reform panel led by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard and former Gov. Joe Kernan recommend the elimination of 1,155 units of government and 5,833 fewer elected officials statewide saving $400 million each year.

Message from former Governor Joe Kernan:
http://www.indianachamber.com/

BSU Study: Kernan-Shepard Recommendations Give Big Savings EACH Year
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=27617

9:27, if your tax multiplier remains the same then...

2008-02-21T12:52:00.000-05:00

9:27, if your tax multiplier remains the same then the new higher assessed value will result in a tax increase.
Nothings changed.......yet. But don't look for any real relief as a lot of special interests are trumping the taxpayers at the State House.
The man down on Alabama got hosed. Ten years ago you wouldn't want to drive down that street. So much for an incentive to revitalize an area.

I just called Lowe's, Home Depot, and Menards...th...

2008-02-21T12:40:00.000-05:00

I just called Lowe's, Home Depot, and Menards...they are going to increase their local stores orders for torches and pitchforks.

Doesn't Center Township have a "war chest" upwards...

2008-02-21T11:15:00.000-05:00

Doesn't Center Township have a "war chest" upwards of 10 million dollars that is THE TAX PAYERS MONEY??? That is NOT being used to help tax payers, but rather "collect" property? Seems to me that the residents of Center Township should get a rebate towards their property taxes! This would not solve the problem, but the $$$ is rightfully theirs....NOT DRUMMER'S.

Unfortunately for open and transparent government,...

2008-02-21T09:49:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately for open and transparent government, Crawford is just putting in a poison pill so the D's have leverage when all this nonsense goes behind closed doors for compromise.

I am a democrat, but I am appalled at the power weilded by the teachers union and the school administrators. They hide behind the kids and there isn't enough money printed to satisfy their greed. And the elected democrats look like so many bobble-head dolls before them.

The school spending needs to be brought under control and fast, or no amount of legislative tomfoolery will help the tax situation.

I think these legislators are after only one thing - to get reelected. They don't give a whit about how much taxes we all have to pay.

We need referenda in this state. All of our elected officials have let us down. We need the power to change things ourselves.

I don't know anything about this revolution, but t...

2008-02-21T09:40:00.000-05:00

I don't know anything about this revolution, but this amendment is simply asinine. Glad to see that our elected reps are taking this problem so seriously.

First of all, an increase in assessed value does n...

2008-02-21T09:27:00.000-05:00

First of all, an increase in assessed value does not necessarily mean an increase in your tax bill - in fact, your AV could go up, and your tax bill could remain the same, or even go down.

Second of all, if their houses were truly that underassessed, that has nothing to do with the Legislature - it simply means that local Marion County officials CONTINUE to do their job poorly - and force everyone else in the rest of the state to deal with the fallout from their panicky legislators seeking to "fix" the problem.

Once taxpayers get their '07 tax bills, all hell i...

2008-02-21T09:02:00.000-05:00

Once taxpayers get their '07 tax bills, all hell is going to break loose for Daniels. Then they will get their '08 bills a few weeks later. There will be rioting in the streets!

Do you ever get the feeling that our state legisla...

2008-02-21T08:43:00.000-05:00

Do you ever get the feeling that our state legislators don't take voters very seriously?
Think about it, what was the voter turnout in the Indianapolis mayoral election? If memory serves me correctly it was only about 26 or 28% of all eleigible voters. Hardly a mandate.
Looks like to me that Melyssa and her activists have their work cut out for them. So far no one at the State House really takes them seriously.
Nothing has changed, no reform at all. Just a shell game of moving money around. Crawford's amendment is clearly a pandering for votes in his district even if it gets lifted out, which it will.
Yes, all hell is going to break out very soon but nothing will change.