They have themselves a tax revolt in Indiana: 500 protest at Broad Ripple 'Tea Party'
Angry property owners facing high tax bills lowered a giant tea bag into the Broad Ripple Canal on Saturday.
The latest version of the Boston Tea Party played out at the normally tranquil Northside neighborhood at Central Avenue and Westfield Boulevard. People passing at least 500 protesters honked their horns in response to signs demanding politicians fix the property tax bill mess.
The original Boston Tea Party in 1773 protested the way the American colonists were being treated by Great Britain.
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The protest, organized by Hoosiers for Fair Taxation, was one of a series of protests that erupted since July 4, when homeowners learning tax bills on the average increased by about 35 percent in Marion County. Increases, though, of 100 percent or more were also reported in some neighborhoods.
The governor has ordered tax bills frozen at the 2006 rate pending a reassessment of property in Marion County.
This month's property tax bills and last Monday's decision by the City-County Council to increase the county income tax to 1.65 percent, to pay for Mayor Bart Peterson's $90 million crime-fighting plan, upset protesters Saturday.
I am always sympathetic with property tax revolts. It is a terrible system of taxation. If a bunch of rich people move into my neighborhood and build some horrible McMansions, why should my tax bill increase?
Good luck to the folks.
But in the name of historical accuracy, couldn't they have dressed up as indians? After all they are in Indiana.
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