The Special-Ed Bureaucracy Morphs into ‘The Blob’
Indiana Writers Group column for release Feb. 6 and thereafter (620 words) by Jeff Abbott, J.D., Ph.D. Back in 1958 a movie was released in the theaters called "The Blob." The plot summary was that a mysterious creature from another planet resembling a giant blob of jelly landed on earth and kept getting larger and Read the full article…
Property Taxes: What Does the Constitution Say?
Indiana Writers Group column for Feb. 6 and thereafter ( 597 words) by Andrew Horning I’m proud to have had something to do with the July 4 “property-tax protest” on the lawn of the Indiana Governor’s Mansion. Yet I’m sorry that most of us have made too much of property tax itself, and far too Read the full article…
Trust the People on School Building Projects
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 30 and thereafter (720 words) by Andrea Neal INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers are getting needless cold feet over a plan to let taxpayers decide the fate of school construction jobs. Indiana House Democrats have watered down a bill that would require a referendum on bond issues for expensive public building Read the full article…
The Wages of Big Government Are High Taxes
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 23 and thereafter by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Here is a point to keep in mind as the property-tax debate approaches conclusion: Applying a number of significant changes to a complex policy may or may not have the desired outcomes. This General Assembly, then, is debating a tax gamble as Read the full article…
Killing Property Tax Could Backfire on Hoosiers
Indiana Writers Group column for release Jan. 16 and thereafter (710 words) by Andrea Neal You’ve got to give lawmakers credit for attacking property tax reform with a vengeance in the opening days of the 2008 General Assembly. But there’s political danger ahead if the debate turns into an all-or-nothing proposition. On one side: the Read the full article…
Reform Is the Silver Lining of School Consolidation
Indiana Writers Group column for release Jan. 9 and thereafter (711 words) by Dr. JEFF ABBOTT The sun had not set the day that the Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform issued its report “Streamlining Local Government” before the education special-interest groups voiced their disapproval.The report’s co-chairmen, former Indiana Gov. Joseph Kernan and Indiana Supreme Read the full article…
