Indiana

INDIANA, MEET REAL PROPERTY TAX REFORM

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

With strong majorities in both chambers Indiana lawmakers gave Hoosiers what they have been asking for months, property tax reform. The House voted 82-17 and the Senate 41-6 to cap assessments, cut taxes and assume levies, among other things. The two chambers by similar margins voted to put the tax caps in the Indiana Constitution. A number of lawmakers said while they liked the idea, just all of them acknowledged that it may be necessary to make adjustments in the legislation as time goes by.

However what I thought was most interesting is that a number of officials showed how flexible they were; not by voting for a bill they had problems with, but by patting themselves on the back while poking others in the eye.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).