I live in a large community in Southeastern Indiana, USA. When I say large, I mean we have a population of over 5,000 and nearly 200 miles of roads. We just got turned down on 'town status' by our local county commissioners. The main reasons for this was the loss of property tax revenue for the county and the loss of income tax revenue for the municipality that is close by. The county says that we are a gated community and that the county can tell us what to do. The county sheriff's department says that we are a private community and they have no authority what-so-ever within our boundaries. Each property owner pays individual property taxes on each lot to the county. The county gets nearly $1 million in property taxes. The closest municipality gets $2 million plus in income taxes.
2006-08-29
22:47:47
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