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Mar
16
Miller Wants Out Of Gary
Filed Under Gary Indiana, Miller Indiana, disannexation, property tax crisis, tax revolt
The Miller Beach district of Gary, Indiana wants to disannex from the city, reports Marisa Kwiatkowski in the Northwest Indiana Times.
Let us show you the way to the lifeboats, Annette Levgard told Miller residents Saturday.
She said disannexation could save the Miller neighborhood from Gary’s inefficient services, budgeting and its negative stigma.
“I’m tired of carrying around the dead weight of the cesspool that is Gary,” resident Jim Pappas said, urging Miller to disannex from its parent municipality.
About 30 Miller area residents participated Saturday in the fourth informal discussion about disannexation.
The new municipality would reach from Interstate 65 on the west to County Line Road on the east, according to the proposed Miller Beach community map. It would border Lake Michigan on the north and follow the contours of Lake Station to County Line Road, incorporating Aetna and Gary Gardens to the south.
Acting Chairwoman Jesi Pease told residents they are about six months from securing the financial numbers that will tell them whether disannexation is feasible.
This news follows other recently stories of other cities hoping to escape ever increasing taxes — Griffith, Indiana and Palatine, Illinois — discussing leaving larger government units for greener tax pastures.
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Yeah, good luck with that.
I haven’t looked into the law in Indiana as to what it takes to seceede, but it can’t be easy.
I think it’s a start. Enough people get fed up and start trying something drastic might be the beginning of forcing change. I hope so
Hi Buzz,
I saw in the paper that the Democrats were able to get Miller’s candidate thrown off the ballot because he had once been a Republican. They’re not going to get any help from the establishment either.
Hi Aaron,
Maybe it will get people thinking that they need to cut back on government spending because taxpayers are getting fed up with ever increasing taxes.
I don’t think the entrenched politicians will change. It’s probably very comfortable having all the stroke. The change will come from outside pressure like the state limiting tax revenue or what’s happening in Miller. Either way it should be interesting.
Hi Aaron,
Keep an eye on Griffith as well. If both of those entities wanting to break away from higher tax jurisdictions link up and get legislative support …
Chris
Does Miller or Griffith have direct representation in Indy or are they lumped in with Gary?
Hi Aaron,
Miller and Griffith are represented by their state senators and representatives. But, the local officials (and citizens) can petition the state representatives to help them out.