Showing posts with label TIF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TIF. Show all posts
Monday, August 18, 2014

Hold On To Your Wallets - Its Budget Time

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Tonight's City County Council meeting will kick off the budget process for next year's spending and taxing. Mayor Ballard will gi...
Monday, June 2, 2014

IndyStar Fails Journalistic Ethics Test

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In two days, the Metropolitan Development Commission will vote on a $3 Million bond to enrich the Indianapolis Star owners by improving the...
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Friday, April 4, 2014

Update on SB 188 and Its Applicability to Marion County

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Last week I noted some of the exciting changes the Legislature enacted through SB 118 .  Well, an alert reader gave me a heads up that the ...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

City-County Council Meets Tonight

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The Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council meets tonight and there are a couple of interesting items on their agenda. Being voted ...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Interesting Reading - SB325 - Would Increase Council Oversight of MDC Actions

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It surely may have been discussed and I simply missed it, but SB325 is new to me and quite interesting .  Authored by powerful Senator, Luke...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Let's Recap Where We Are At This Moment - Or - How The Diversion of Tax Dollars For Special Interests Is Going

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It just feels like a good time to recap where our City finances stand.  Let's face it, you simply have to follow the money if you want t...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The TIF for Snobs Passed the Committee, the TIF for the Needy Failed

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We are truly a morally bankrupt City when our elected officials give to the rich and keep from the poor. While I will have more to say, th...

Most Intelligent Comments of the Night

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Norman Pace, representing the Warren Township Development Association and the Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations, had the m...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Mahern Posts Letter To The Editor RE: Tully's Column

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First, you have to know it is there, and then you still have a bit of poking around to find it online...  But, today's IndyStar has a le...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

TIF Fact #2 --- $490 million of property value was transferred from the base to the increment this year

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I sent the following email message to all City-County Councillors, select media representatives, and Senator Luke Kenley. One of the...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Prop 15 Up For Public Hearing Monday Night

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In a very unusual move for a non-fiscal ordinance, the Council agenda for Monday night includes a public hearing regarding Prop 15 - the exp...
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Portland, Maine, To Study TIF Policy

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An alert reader of this blog sent me a link to a Portland, ME, newspaper article regarding that City's venture into studying its policie...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Statehouse Considers Tighter Redevelopment Commission Debt Rules

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Today's Star has posted a letter to the editor from former Carmel City Councilor, John Accetturo, regarding SB 25, which would provide ...
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