Comments on Advance Indiana™: Lawsuit Takes Aim At Property Tax

I would not want to go up against Price in court. ...

2007-09-07T13:35:00.000-05:00

I would not want to go up against Price in court. He definitely has a clear head and knows what he is doing.

He will run circles around clowns like Kobi Wright and their knowledge of the law and lack of ever winnning a case.

92 plaintiffs (at the minimum) ???

2007-09-07T11:00:00.000-05:00

92 plaintiffs (at the minimum) ???

Wilson, I could care less what Price's political a...

2007-09-07T09:06:00.000-05:00

Wilson, I could care less what Price's political affiliation is. His lawsuit is correct. The current property taxation and assessment system is not uniform or equal across the state. It's UNCONSTITUTIONAL. I don't care who filed the lawsuit, it needed to be filed.

Furthermore Marion county is not the only county in the state that has propery tax issues. The lazy media seems to only be glorifying what is going on in Indianapolis which is BS.

According to NPR this morning, Price's lawsuit includes a taxpayer from each county thank god.

uh, Kofi, John Dillon is calling...you need to go ...

2007-09-07T07:47:00.000-05:00

uh, Kofi, John Dillon is calling...you need to go back to your city work now.

Price may write an apparently cogent complaint, bu...

2007-09-07T06:46:00.000-05:00

Price may write an apparently cogent complaint, but he's citing and applying the wrong statutes when it comes to the Abdullah residency issue.

Perhaps Abdullah didn't abandon his residency afterall but simply filled in his mailing address as his residency address on the declaration documents. Indiana law differentiates between mailing addresses and residence addresses for candidates and for registered voters. It is possible to temporarily reside in one place without losing your residency in another precinct, such as when you're away on business, education, rehabilitation in a nursing home, or when you're fixing up your true residence, as Abdullah claims.

IC 3-5-5 gives us Standards for Determining Residency. Section 7 states that a person does not gain residency in a precinct into which the person moves for temporary purposes such as education, employment or other purposes without having the intent of making a permanent home in the precinct. The converse of this is that a person does not lose residency in a precinct simply for temporarily living outside of the district. Residency is based on intent. Abdullah may have made a mistake on his declaration of candidacy paperwork, but it was not a fatal mistake. He did not vacate the office on the date he filed his declaration; he vacated his office when he resigned, therefore all his votes on the city council were valid.

Price's complaint states that vacancies on a city council are filled by IC 3-13-8, but if Price had only read the first section of the chapter, it provides that vacancies in a city office that were last held by a person elected or selected by a major political party shall be filled by caucus under IC 3-13-11. The complaint refers to IC 3-13-8-4, which allows the remaining members of the city council to select a replacement only if the person vacating the seat was a member of a minor political party or independent. So the city council should never be replacing a member that was elected or selected by either the Democrat or Republican party, it should be filled by a caucus of the party to which the member belonged.

I wonder if Price's arguments on the property tax portion of the complaint are equally flawed?

Wilson, here's something from which you could lear...

2007-09-07T04:59:00.000-05:00

Wilson, here's something from which you could learn:

Even those further right than Micah or Eric or John, could possible have some correct thoughts about our taxation system.

Instead of drinking your juice from the same old tired cup every day, try some enlightenment.

The current prop tax system and its multiple loopholes was designed by Gov. Bowen--no typical Republican. It was flawed from the outset. It began the insane Property Tax Replacement Fund that goes unabated and runs rampant today.

Typically, when it comes to taxes, conservatives have it more "right" than others. Not always, but they recognize something too few folks do: government does not create jobs or wealth.

Hard for you to grasp, I know, but entirely true.

Even as a non-lawyer I could follow that argument....

2007-09-06T21:38:00.000-05:00

Even as a non-lawyer I could follow that argument.

:)

Pike Voter

Nice try. Tax court ain't got jurisdiction. Taxpay...

2007-09-06T21:07:00.000-05:00

Nice try. Tax court ain't got jurisdiction. Taxpayers are wasting their time and money.

Price is actually closer to Micah Clark. He is on ...

2007-09-06T20:33:00.000-05:00

Price is actually closer to Micah Clark. He is on the board of the AFA of Indiana.

for 1998, yup. Sorry!Gary: what's the connection ...

2007-09-06T20:30:00.000-05:00

for 1998, yup. Sorry!

Gary: what's the connection between Eric Miller and John Price (aside from their politics to the right of Homer Capehart and William Jenner)?

Your wrong, Wilson. Price finished second behind P...

2007-09-06T20:00:00.000-05:00

Your wrong, Wilson. Price finished second behind Paul Helmke. Rusthoven finished third.

I just checked the calendar, yeah, I thought I was...

2007-09-06T19:22:00.000-05:00

I just checked the calendar, yeah, I thought I was right, IT IS 2007!!!

Lest it be forgotten: in 2000 John Price ran as th...

2007-09-06T19:13:00.000-05:00

Lest it be forgotten: in 2000 John Price ran as the conservative candidate against Dave MacIntosh in the GOP primaries for the Gubernatorial nomination. Price lost 79% to 21%. MacIntosh went on to lose to Frank O'Bannon...

Previously, Price had tried for the GOP nod to run for Senator in 1998 but Rusthoven beat him in the primary.

This was interesting and worth 9 minutes of time:h...

2007-09-06T18:07:00.000-05:00

This was interesting and worth 9 minutes of time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOkAz6Ud_AM