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Appeals pay off for biz owners
December 8, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerMore than one in four Marion County commercial and industrial property owners has appealed its property tax assessments this
year, and the challenges often are paying off in a big way.
MoreSmoke Free Indy advocates mount new campaign
December 8, 2008
Anti-smoking advocates are organizing a new attempt to strengthen Indianapolis' ban against smoking in the workplace.
MoreCommunities making tough choices will be better off
December 1, 2008
Mike HicksDuring the coming weeks, a number of Indiana cities and counties will be coming to terms with their new budget realities.
MoreResidents to decide fate of township assessors
November 3, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerIn this election, citizens must decide whether the assessing duties of the elected township assessor in the township should
be transferred to the county assessor.
More'Rollcrete' might provide alternative to pricey asphalt
September 8, 2008
Chris O\'malleyCities and counties are looking for alternatives to asphalt as the price soars for the oil-based material and threatens to bring paving projects and contractors skidding to a halt. The city of Indianapolis may have just found one viable alternative that goes down like asphalt: roller-compacted concrete, or "rollcrete."
Flood of appeals expected after rushed biz property-tax assessment
March 17, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerIn 2005, assessors valued the 559-acre Indianapolis Motor Speedway at $34.4 million for property tax purposes. According to
the latest Marion County reassessment, it now has a market value of $170 million. Thousands of other businesses also would
see extraordinary spikes in property values, according to an IBJ analysis of the latest assessment data.
MoreAging IT system contributes to property-assessment woes
July 16, 2007
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana deliberately chose not to invest the tens of millions necessary for technology that could provide an accurate property-tax
forecast. Instead, the state relied on an aging patchwork of property tax software that allows officials only to guess whether
assessed valuations of homes and businesses are correct.
MoreThree-decade landfill battle rages on
January 22, 2007
Chris O'MalleyWorld War II could have been fought seven times over since Ralph Reed and sons first tried to build Mallard Lake Landfill
outside of Anderson. The Reeds' dream of big cash from trash has
upset hundreds of residents in subdivision-dotted fields since the family asked Madison County to rezone their 254-acre farm
in the 1970s.
MoreMass transit's catch? Paying for it
July 17, 2006
Peter SchnitzlerThe idea of rapid transit is popular locally, but there's no consensus on how to finance it. For construction alone, it would
cost at least $546 million for suburban express bus service up to $1.4 billion for an "automated guideway" system
similar to a monorail. And that's for only one corridor.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.