The Government You Deserve
I thought I’d put together a nice little list of the 60+ taxing districts in Marion County for your amusement, entertainment, and hopefully outrage. Enjoy.
Indianapolis Center
Beech Grove Center
Decatur Outside
Indianapolis Decatur
Indpls Decatur Police & SSD Outside Sanitation
IndplsDecatur Police &Fire SSD Inside Sanitation
Franklin Outside
Beech Grove Franklin
Beech Grove, Franklin Schools
Indpls Franklin Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Franklin Sewer Exempt
Lawrence Outside
Indianapolis Lawrence
City of Lawrence
Indpls Lawrence Police & Fire SSD Inside Sanitation
Indpls Lawrence Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Perry Outside
Indianapolis Perry
Beech Grove Perry
City of Southport
Beech Grove, Perry Schools
Town of Homecroft
Indpls Perry Police SSD Outside Sanitation
Indpls Perry Police & Fire Inside Sanitation
Indpls Perry Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Pike Outside
Indianapolis Pike
Town of Clermont
Indpls Pike Police & Fire SSD Inside Sanitation
Indpls Pike Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Pike Sewer Exempt
Warren Outside
Indianapolis Warren
Beech Grove Warren
Town of Warren Park
Town of Cumberland
Indpls Warren Police SSD Outside Sanitation
Indpls Warren Police & Fire SSD Inside Sanitation
Indpls Warren Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Washington Outside
Indianapolis Washington
Town of Crows Nest Town of Highwoods
Town of North Crows Nest
Town of Rocky Ripple
Town of Spring Hill
Town of Williams Creek
Town of Meridian Hills
Town of Wynnedale
Indpls Wash Police & Fire SSD Inside Sanitation
Indpls Wash Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Wayne Outside
Indianapolis Wayne
Town of Clermont Wayne
Town of Speedway
Wayne – Ben Davis Conservancy
Indpls Wayne Police SSD Outside Sanitation
Indpls Wayne Police & Fire SSD Inside Sanitation
Indpls Wayne Fire SSD Outside Sanitation
Indpls Wayne Fire SSD Ben Davis Conservancy
Wayne Sewer Exempt
July 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
It's right up there with parenting. Theoretically, anybody and everybody should be able to be one. “Don't you dare tell me I can't!” Yet, we're suppossed to always, ALWAYS be there with wallet in-hand when they need a hand-out (not just a hand-up).
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We want and sometimes really do benefit from government closer and more attuned to the people- until it proves over, and over, and over again to be corrupt, dysfunctional, and politically untouchable (see IPS school board, Indiana Speaker of the House, Marion county Library board, Washington Township board). I ask myself- why do we need four or five corrupt and inept levels of govenment, when we could have three or four corrupt and inept levels of govenment? So I can watch a guy steal my money six feet away from me instead of on televison or in the paper?
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We get enough riled citizenry to make local government accountable- I'm with you. For now- we've chosen to forfeit the game.
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TA- I need some Republican examples. I know they're out there.
July 11th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
don't forget the marion county health and hospital corporation with their grandiose new $900 million Wishard Hospital that won't cost the taxpayers anything
July 12th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Wow Abdul. Why not just make your case by list all of the tax districts in the US? To the non-thinker it looks like your trying to say “Look at how many districts are reaching in or impacting your costs.”
In reality, each of us is only impacted by one tax district. The issue isn't the number of tax districts. The issue is how YOUR tax district is performing. Your list has no value except to shock people into thinking “That's way too many!” In reality, if there were 1000 tax districts in Marion county, it wouldn't be a problem if they were managed correctly. This list seems to be nothing more than spin to attract more people towards more centralized, less representative government.
July 12th, 2009 at 4:53 am
I agree with Shorebreak. The number of taxing districts is not the issue. No one wants to pay taxes for a service that is not available in their area. I have no desire to pay Wayne Twp, Sewer district taxes as I dont live there or any of the other taxing districts that provide services in some part of the county but not in my area. There could be consolidations though but the TAXPAYERS do not want them. For instance, there could and should be ONE school district in Marion County. That will never happen. Fire and library services are 2 more examples. IFD would be crazy now to take any more townships and assume their debts. These township fire departments will be in major financial problems now that we have a property tax cap. They had their chance to consolidate and were too provincial to do so. Let them deal with multi million dollar shortages when the tax caps begin.
July 12th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Shorebreak, you forget lot of these district overlap.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Some of us live in an are served by as many as nine of these ridiculous artificial boundaries. The administration of these boundaries is itself an antique, and costly.
Taxpayer, what local Republican examples do you need specifically?
If it's lack of, uh, intellectual curiosity, I'd say: Phil Hinkle, Woody Burton (actually either Burton suffices), Cindy Noe, Sen. Murphy, and about half the City-County Council GOP caucus–do you need more?
If it's an example of squandering leadership potential, the hands-down decades-over winner is Mayor Ballard.
If it's brains even though I disagree with them, I nominate Rep. Bosma, Sen. Kenley, City-County Councillor Barbara Malone.
And in my “go away forever, please” category: Dan Burton, Lincoln Plowman, Patricia Miller.
Is that complete enough, Taxpayer?
It's Sunday–Woody's turn to use the Burton brain.
July 12th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Based on “…corrupt, dysfunctional, and politically untouchable..”, I think the Burtons were best example. We needed the right mant for the job and found him. Thank you.
July 13th, 2009 at 2:06 am
The government we deserve is government that cherishes and obeys Constitutions. We do NOT have that in our Indiana government, and we do NOT have that with our national government.
July 13th, 2009 at 7:06 am
The government we deserve is government that cherishes and obeys Constitutions. We do NOT have that in our Indiana government, and we do NOT have that with our national government.