Showing posts with label abatements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abatements. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Invisible Hand(out) of the (Taxpayer Financed) Market

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The war between cities and regions to attract business development generated the handouts known as 'incentives', 'tax increment ...
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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, April 18, 2012

Third TIF Study Commission - Heavy on Theory, Light on Practice

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Last Thursday's TIF Study Commission meeting was the first I found unsatisfying.  Sure, the over three hours was chock full of high leve...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Navistar/Pure Power Abatement Illuminates New Law - New Bad Law

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The Metropolitan Development Commission is in the process of granting Pure Power, a Navistar company, a 7 year abatement amounting to about ...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

What If You Were Mayor?

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What if you were Mayor of Indianapolis? What would you promote as the City's abatement policy? There is an opening in the public dialog ...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

The Devil Is Always In The Details

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The spark for today's blog entry must be credited to Zach Adamson, one of the candidates for City-County Council At-Large. Zach posted a...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

No-So Field of Dreams - Lie and They Will Build It

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There are fine people of integrity who work in high positions within the Ballard administration, and I do not want to impugn them, by any me...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

City Bought Parking Garage - In July !

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I must have been snoozing, but, back on July 19, 2010, the City of Indianapolis purchased the parking garage at 101 N. New Jersey Street. Th...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

The City Needs To Learn To Share

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With the advent of the age of the tax caps, Indianapolis needs to learn to share property tax proceeds and not scarf as much of the pie as t...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

City Council Meets Monday

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The Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council meets this Monday night. Unfortunately, the Council link to this agenda does not work. ...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Abatements - Scary Loopholes Need Closing

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Documents of the City of Indianapolis' clawback of abated property taxes from Navistar, obtained by Cathy Burton on behalf of the Marion...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Is There Enough Oxygen on the 25th Floor?

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What's with the folks who reside on the 25th floor of the City-County Building? Mayor Greg Ballard's Office, by the way. Is there ...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

I'mmmm Baaaacccckkkk !!!!!

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Hope the holiday season has been good to you and your family. My hiatus was much longer than I anticipated - but fun and refreshing. I do h...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Hearing on Prop 418 to be Delayed

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The previously scheduled hearing on Prop 418 by the Metropolitan Development Committee of the Council on Monday night will be postponed unti...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Council Entertains a Bevy of Proposals

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The City-County Council agenda for its meeting next Monday, November 9, 2009 , is now posted. Not much caught my eye for decision on Monday ...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Dramatic Week for 450 E. Market Street (Bad) Deal

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No doubt the Mayor's Office was celebrating its victory over common sense this week. The abatement and horrible deal surrounding it pass...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

We Interupt This Series ....

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We interrupt this series on the Indianapolis-Marion County 2010 budget, to mention a brief event that also occurred at Monday night's C...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Abatement hearing for 450 E. Market to be Continued

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The MDC hearing on the abatement for 450 E. Market Street will be continued to October 7, 2009.
Friday, August 28, 2009

MDC to Hold Public Hearing on Abatement for 450 E. Market

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The Metropolitan Development Commission is slated to hold a public hearing this Wednesday, September 2, on the proposed abatement for 450 E....
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

IPS 2nd Biggest Loser in Proposed TM Miller-City Deal

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The public is certainly the biggest loser in the proposed deal for the City of Indianapolis to aide TM Miller in developing the abandoned Ba...