Plus, Lafayette looks at a 66.2% increase in water rates to pay for five-year capital plan. Wabash Township turned away, again, for share in public safety income tax revenues
It is asinine that Wabash Township can't get their own money allocated appropriately. And making them beg for it from other entities is horrendous proceduraly. Adding this to my list of grievances against the state legislature.
Taxing ourselves (charging ourselves) for essential government services is important. Perhaps new development on the South End should include water prices that entirely cover what it costs the city to install new infrastructure. That way existing citizens aren't charged for growth they had no say in. But, the basic principal of taxing ourselves for government services is essential.
The new state laws regarding "cuts" at the state level are now playing out, as opponents have predicted, in short-changing local government entities. Wabash Township Trustee Valentine has a point and so does City of Lafayette Mayor Roswarski, But who set these two responsible officials against each other? Governor Mike Braun and the "super-majority" Republican Party.
It basically gives Lafayette the ability to keep an income tax dollar for itself. Assuming more people voted R in Wabash Township, this amounts to a R-to-D tax revenue transfer. (Even more so if the average per capita income tax paid was, as I expect, higher in Wabash Township.) That kind of own-goal should ignite a few tax-avoider hairpieces.
Wish I had $600,000 dollars available to me. I would give it to Wabash Township Fire Department for the new radios they say they need. I don’t even live in Tippecanoe County.
It is asinine that Wabash Township can't get their own money allocated appropriately. And making them beg for it from other entities is horrendous proceduraly. Adding this to my list of grievances against the state legislature.
Taxing ourselves (charging ourselves) for essential government services is important. Perhaps new development on the South End should include water prices that entirely cover what it costs the city to install new infrastructure. That way existing citizens aren't charged for growth they had no say in. But, the basic principal of taxing ourselves for government services is essential.
The new state laws regarding "cuts" at the state level are now playing out, as opponents have predicted, in short-changing local government entities. Wabash Township Trustee Valentine has a point and so does City of Lafayette Mayor Roswarski, But who set these two responsible officials against each other? Governor Mike Braun and the "super-majority" Republican Party.
It basically gives Lafayette the ability to keep an income tax dollar for itself. Assuming more people voted R in Wabash Township, this amounts to a R-to-D tax revenue transfer. (Even more so if the average per capita income tax paid was, as I expect, higher in Wabash Township.) That kind of own-goal should ignite a few tax-avoider hairpieces.
Unincorporated Wabash Township voted 57% to 43 % for D vs R in the 2022 Trustee election. Base D vs R vote was 52.5 vs 47.5.
Chalk up that outperform to candidate quality!
Spoken like a man who knows his way around a spreadsheet!
As a resident of Wabash Township, I appreciate the coverage of this issue.
Yep, "asinine" about covers it.
Wish I had $600,000 dollars available to me. I would give it to Wabash Township Fire Department for the new radios they say they need. I don’t even live in Tippecanoe County.