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Mar
16
Miller Wants Out Of Gary
Filed Under disannexation, Gary Indiana, Miller Indiana, property tax crisis, tax revolt | 8 Comments
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.
