Fight Inequitable Taxes !

You have the obligation to stand up and fight against oppressive taxation that will destroy the economic well being of our great city. To date we have avoided the residential real estate crisis faced by the rest of the nation. The city government has chosen a course certain to cause irreparable harm to all of our lives. Consider this...

Unfair Tax Rates

• Tax rate at 65th Street: 4.86%
• Tax rate at 86th Street: 1.78%

Unfair Valuations

• New car dealership worth less than a family home in the same neighborhood
• Strip mall worth less than a cottage in the same neighborhood

Terrible Consequences

• A school teacher with IPS had his taxes jump $4,000 with no way to pay them and no way to sell his home.
• A fixed income retiree in his home since 1958 has seen his taxes jump from $500 annually to more than $9,000.
• A coffee house in Broad Ripple cut staff and shortened hours to stay open and meet rent increases after taxes caused a dramatic rise in their monthly rent.

Non-Property Owners Suffer

• Local businesses must lay off employees and cease new hiring to offset increase costs.

Suburbs Suffer Along with the City

• A depressed city center will affect all surrounding areas as shown by the collapse of the Detroit Metro Area.
• Companies will not invest in suburban areas when the city center is in decline.