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I have a feeling the number of expired plates in Indianapolis will greatly increase with this tax. Hopefully I am incorrect.
Along with the number of blatantly expired, stolen, and fake temporary plates on cars in Marion County. My personal favorites that I have seen in the last week was a temporary plate from 2023 on a vehicle parked at a meter spot on Mass Ave and a car driving with one temporary plate in their rear window and another where the plate is supposed to be, both with completely different numbers and fonts. I guess the car was purchased twice? There are millions of dollars being lost to the state and city by not enforcing car registrations already.
Interesting the lack of comments. Isn’t this bad for poor and minorities? And passed by the left? Maybe if they hadn’t TIF’d themselves into a hole
Explain Gregg, how would less TIFs have raised $50M in new sources for road maintenance, as required by State law?
I’m stuff curious what you think a TIF even does.
The Communist Socialist Nazi has just shown its colors. Tax only the rich became one of the largest regressive taxes possibly in history of Indianapolis.
TIF works. It is all based on the tax increment of the development that but for the TIF, would not occur.
I think Gregg’s point is valid given that the TIF diverts tax dollars from the city to pay for infrastructure related to certain development. TIF should be limited and for a defined period. However, blaming the left misses the mark because the legislature was involved in the largest similar mechanism – diverting both city and state tax dollars to fund LOS, the ICC and Gainbridge upgrades.
Removing the permanent downtown TIF would be a significant move forward. And anyone that’s ever been involved in financing projects knows that the “but for” test is a joke in actual practice.
I can’t wait to see how this is spent. I’m guessing it will be spent on streets near where the politicians live, while other thoroughfares badly in need will remain full of potholes.
Just make it a flat $500 per year.
“This is about fixing roads, improving public safety, strengthening neighborhoods, and building the infrastructure our growing city needs to thrive.” — I’m all about this. Raise taxes enough to accomplish this please.
With the state of the current roads, what business would want to open or relocate to Indy? If this helps with road conditions and then in turn helps with other economic development activities, take my $100. Our roads are embarrassing.
We are a DONATE county in a DONATE state. A new tax on a Marion County resident is generally not worthwhile. Maybe this is different?
Pot holes to continue when vetoed.
Republicans in the statehouse could fix this today if they wanted to. But then their poorly informed base would only have violent crime, another issue exasperated by Republicans policies, to whine about.
Good old michael, we can always count on you to blame the Republicans for the world’s problems.
Good ole Rea, knowing what I say is the truth and thus unable to debate on the merits.
What other taxes go into the fund to support road repairs? I am assuming gas taxes? And how much is generated annualy from each tax?
Jesse brown had some interesting comments about this tax increase last night. I wonder why no one reported on it.
Thanks for the shout out!
The new tax should be successful only if the Hog team doesn’t squander it on road amenities. Fix and rebuild the streets first, and then later on do the ada ramps, and curbs, and calming, and bike trails, and changing 1 to 2 way lanes, we can’t afford to keep changing the streets and roads until we fix what we have let deteriorate!
City roads are more than just a way for you tto get from point A to point B as quickly and comfortably as possible. They’re key parts of communities and the residents that live by them have the right to have functioning, safe pedestrian infrastructure just like any suburban neighborhood would expect for their residents.
Commuter vehicles also need to be taxed since they use Marion County roads.
Just makes no sense, the state capital gets fewer dollars from the state for roads and smaller counties or cities get more. Indy has the heaviest traffic of all the surrounding counties, yet they get more money. As one who lives in another county but work in Indy, I think a commuter tax makes sense. I’d be willing to pay.