Indiana

Mike Young?s Act Is Still Old

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Back in 2007 I wrote a blog post about Republican State Senator Mike Young.  Back then, as the Republicans were picking their new County Chairman, Young said current Chairman Tom John would get the job over his dead body.  

It’s 2009 and I’m still waiting for Young to keep his promise.

In the true spirit of being a political obstructionist, Young managed to get Marion County exempted from legislation that could have put it on the road to reforming its Library system.

SB 348 would require library districts across Indiana to look at how they provide services and encourage them to consolidate into singe countywide library districts.  Young offered an amendment in Committee that would exempt Marion County, particularly Speedway and Beech Grove.

Please note, Speedway Library has a higher tax rate than the Marion County Library tax rate and Beech Grove recently went to the state asking to raise the property tax caps.  So why Mike Young would spend time protecting higher taxes and inefficient government instead of looking out for the taxpayers is beyond me.

He is the typical example of a piece of political cholestoral that clogs the arteries of government reform.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).