Dysfunction in House Threatens Property Tax Reform
Indiana Writers Group column for Feb. 27 and thereafter (720 words) (Editors: This column will be updated mid week after the full House votes on the resolution.) by Andrea Neal If politics is “the art of the possible,” as Otto von Bismarck remarked, property tax reform may be dead for 2008. The first serious sign Read the full article…
Property Taxes: Try to Reform or Hope to Repeal?
For release Feb. 20 and thereafter (620 words) by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Recently I had breakfast with two prominent advocates for Eric Miller’s plan to repeal property taxes. They were interested to learn about some deficiencies with the plan and their consultant’s report on the plan. That same day we traveled to Salem for a Read the full article…
Pence Swims Upstream Against Earmarks
Indiana Writers Group column for Feb. 12 and thereafter (730 words) by Andrea Neal Indiana Congressman Mike Pence, a founder and former head of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation here, made national news last week when his name was floated as a suitable vice-presidential running mate for Republican John McCain. One obvious credential is the Read the full article…
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…
