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Jesus, this is worse than the taxes in The People's Republic of ILL that pushed me back home.Indy council to consider imposing fee on Mile Square property owners - Indianapolis Business Journal
The proposal would result in a $250 flat fee on owners of single-family, residential parcels, while other properties would be charged 0.1681% of assessed value.
$5.5 million won't to anything but line the pockets of the thief proposing the heist.
I just spent the last weekend in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Hilton downtown off Rose Street. The entire hotel is locked down 24x7 and you need a key card to get in. If you haven't a card because you haven't checked in yet, well you have to wait outside until someone let's you in. We had over 40 people with us staying here, each arriving at various times and inconvenienced in the same manner. Why because that put a homeless shelter just up the street next to McDonald's and believe it or not when the shelter is full or when a guest becomes unruly they kick them out. Guess where they go after that? They stay in the area around McDonald's and the hotel and depending their mental state the risk to others in the area is sigifucantly increased to robbery, being knifed or just harassed. We spent many thousands of dollars there for this event, but we all decided that we will not be back due to this plight and risk to our people. Shelters, free or even reduced housing and even the welfare state only reduces the quality and reduces economic growth of an area and is nothing more than a falicy that it will improve the plight in a community. Throwing money or new opportunities towards those who don't want it or aren't willing to abid by the same rules that you and I live by are part the reason they're there in the first place. We need to understand when helping hurts and when you're not willing to help yourself the burden should not fall upon the taxpayers.
Three towns up here just voted down referendums.The other thing is that if Indy gets away with this, next is Fort Wayne, Bloomington, etc, etc...
Then comes the whole state. The same as the school referendums that never get voted down these days.
To quote Jason Hammer, "FEE?? IT'S A TAX!!"
Funny how none of the cuts mentioned by the lake county school spokesperson had the word administration grouped with the word cuts.Three towns up here just voted down referendums.
Schools in Lake County forced to make touch decisions after losing referendum votes
Five of the 12 school referendums in Indiana were rejected by voters during Tuesday’s general election. The Lake County schools whose referendums failed will likely face cuts as a result. Tom Cripliver, superintendent at Lake Station Community School Corporation, said he hoped an operating reindianapublicradio.org
Looks like 5 of 12 state wide failed.
