Indiana

Night Notes

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I’m preparing for my interview with Dr. Eugene White regarding IPS so I want to make this quick.

The Indiana State Senate moved forward today with fixing the state’s unemployment insurance fund problems.

The Indiana House moved forward today with property tax “reform” and giving Superintendent Tony Bennett unnecessary grief.

The Perry Township board tonight moved forward with consolidating with the Indianapolis Fire Department.

There was another smoking ban hearing tonight at the Marion County public library and the whole issue moved closer towards going up in flames.

Speaking of flames, it looks like the Wayne Township Trustee may be doing something worse than raising taxes on township residents as originally thought.  I’m hearing from township sources that the $1.7 million in additional funding David Baird is asking for comes from a fire taxing district that ceased to exist in the township years ago and instead of giving it back to the taxpayers or paying for fire service, might actually try to use it to supplement  the township’s rainy day fund and possibly pay for programs that have nothing to do with fire service.  Remember, this is the same Trustee that spent $10,000 on weight loss and motivational services at a west side spa.  Something smells funny here folks, hold your nose until it all comes out.

That’s all folks.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).