tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3224854129811520912..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Will Mayor Ballard's Latest Tax Increase Plan Actually Result In Higher Crime?Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31092118663804301192014-08-04T14:14:09.806-05:002014-08-04T14:14:09.806-05:00Re the Local Homestead credit and COIT increase. ...Re the Local Homestead credit and COIT increase. The lobbyists are out in force in the newspaper. I have written to every councilor -please people speak up and pressure them to say NO. Besides doesn't Head Start begin at age 3 and is supposed to address early learning. How did that work out? This will be another, won't work out. The only ideas they have never involves existing money. Mayor Ballard has tried twice to wrest away the Local Homestead Credit to no avail. Now I suppose he is taking the Democrat playbook and decided to call the money grab "It's for the children" in order to get it passed.<br />NO to both. In spite of the glorious reports as to the state of the family economics it is not good. Every insurance has increased, along with food, you name it. Taking away the Local Homestead credit is a property tax increase by another name. Aren't there some rules when they passed 1-2-3 as to what they can increase property taxes for.<br />We all know more police will not solve social problems no matter what their numbers are.<br />Mayor Ballard needs to come back to earth and remember his comments that got him elected in the first place. He has ventured into Democrat territory where they create useless programs that just steal taxpayer money.Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750037627108586911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-46146811709864426882014-07-31T16:38:54.894-05:002014-07-31T16:38:54.894-05:00This just reinforces I made the right decision to ...This just reinforces I made the right decision to move to Hendricks County. Is my commute a little longer? Sure, but it's worth it knowing I'm not contributing more money than I already am(doughnut county tax for LOS and Bankers Life) to this mess. And I've already contacted my State Reps to let them know how I feel about another snatch and grab of Ballards, the commuter tax. I can safely sit on my porch watching a neighborhood full of kids and their parents enjoy life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com