[abb]

This is good news...

[indianaconservative]

Taxes was one reason, the other was his support of a corrupt city government and council. Most of the council incumbents were dumped too.

[indianaconservative]

Not to take away from Ballard's victory which was quite spectacular and unexpected. If only we could have gotten rid of the Carson name, that would have made for a good year. But, with so many Dem candidates to split the vote I think Carson will get the nomination and we will see him continue the Carson machine until he ticks off the local Dem party.

[econjack]

In particular, the county's income tax rate, which Mr. Peterson raised to 1.65% from 1%.

It wasn't Peterson's increase in the county income tax that got him thrown out of office. It was the property taxes that killed him. My property taxes went from $1180/half to $2437/half in a period of two years. The bulk of those funds go to public schools and Indianapolis has one of the worst public school systems in the country and the third lowest graduation rates of major cities in the country. That's what got Peterson thrown out of office.