TH City Finances "IN State Audit" NOT Good...

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It's a pretty sad state of affairs but not at all surprising. If I remember the Trib Star piece from 2015, this started when the state instituted the property tax caps in 2008, correct? So leadership has known since 2008 that they needed to steer the ship but didn't? That's criminal levels of mismanagement.

Serious question... How did Bennett get re-elected? Was his opposition that bad? Party politics? Everyone that has cast a vote for him has the stain of this on their hands. Guy has no clue what the fuck he's doing and it's obvious. Second question... whatever happened with that sludge-to-diesel revenue stream he bought the city into? I don't ever recall seeing a conclusion.
 
TH won the federal lawsuit filed by the crook from Miami, FL ...so no loss of monies there (excl. the costs involved in defending the case, which probably hovered near $500,000+);

Private lawsuit filed alleging "pay to play" contracting scheme NOT involving TH recently filed involving the "sludge to diesel."

Current TH Wastewater Plant FBI investigation (again, alleged "pay to play" scenario) and recent suicide by plant Supv. Mark Thompson.

Now the IN SBA Audit results...

As far as Bennett's re-election, you simply look @ the impact of Police, Fire & Municipal employees upon the final outcome. It's estimated that for every municipal (union) employee, ten (10) votes are impacted. The only people that VOTE in TH anymore are those on the public payroll (and their friends & relatives).

The irony of Bennett is that he runs as a REPUBLICAN in a pro-Democrat County (8 of 11 precincts in the last election had NO Republican opposition). Obviously, no "straight ticket" voting in Terre Haute! Also says WHO runs the "Republican Party" in Vigo County, which is NOT a good thing when the State of Indiana is ran by Republicans.
 
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ive never thought that the party lines really affected the policies in local smaller town/cities. most municipalities cant find enough stuff to spend money on and the jobs they have are usually highly sought after.
 
niklz62 said:
ive never thought that the party lines really affected the policies in local smaller town/cities. most municipalities cant find enough stuff to spend money on and the jobs they have are usually highly sought after.
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Terre Haute doesn't seem to have that problem. In fact, one could say they're apparently a level above at it.

I'll see my way out.
 

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niklz62 said:
I guess im looking at it from an Illinois perspective.
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I was just taking a poke at their slogan.

But seriously, I'm not sure what they can do. People will be quick to point to raising taxes but I'm not sure that community could shoulder that... you'd better start importing food and clothing for a lot of people. Per capita income is among the lowest in the state for cities of this size IIRC. The obvious solution (from the outside) is to cut spending drastically.

I found the two reports below when doing some cursory searching and found them interesting. They compared Terre Haute against Anderson, Bloomington, Carmel, Elkhart, Evansville, Fishers, Fort Wayne, Gary, Greenwood, Hammond, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, Lafayette, Muncie, New Albany, Noblesville and South Bend. Terre Haute came in last on their Fiscal Health Index.

http://www.indianafiscal.org/resources/Terre Haute Municipal Profile.pdf
http://indianafiscal.org/resources/IFPI Fiscal Health of Cities FINAL.pdf
 
Jason Svoboda said:
I was just taking a poke at their slogan.

But seriously, I'm not sure what they can do. People will be quick to point to raising taxes but I'm not sure that community could shoulder that... you'd better start importing food and clothing for a lot of people. Per capita income is among the lowest in the state for cities of this size IIRC. The obvious solution (from the outside) is to cut spending drastically.

I found the two reports below when doing some cursory searching and found them interesting. They compared Terre Haute against Anderson, Bloomington, Carmel, Elkhart, Evansville, Fishers, Fort Wayne, Gary, Greenwood, Hammond, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, Lafayette, Muncie, New Albany, Noblesville and South Bend. Terre Haute came in last on their Fiscal Health Index.

http://www.indianafiscal.org/resources/Terre Haute Municipal Profile.pdf
http://indianafiscal.org/resources/IFPI Fiscal Health of Cities FINAL.pdf
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City is obviously mismanaged from top to bottom.
 
Jason Svoboda said:
I was just taking a poke at their slogan.

But seriously, I'm not sure what they can do. People will be quick to point to raising taxes but I'm not sure that community could shoulder that... you'd better start importing food and clothing for a lot of people. Per capita income is among the lowest in the state for cities of this size IIRC. The obvious solution (from the outside) is to cut spending drastically.

I found the two reports below when doing some cursory searching and found them interesting. They compared Terre Haute against Anderson, Bloomington, Carmel, Elkhart, Evansville, Fishers, Fort Wayne, Gary, Greenwood, Hammond, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, Lafayette, Muncie, New Albany, Noblesville and South Bend. Terre Haute came in last on their Fiscal Health Index.

http://www.indianafiscal.org/resources/Terre Haute Municipal Profile.pdf
http://indianafiscal.org/resources/IFPI Fiscal Health of Cities FINAL.pdf
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Not surprising The Haute was last; though scary that there were behind Anderson

I don't think the city or county has much flexibility with taxes; didn't the city give the "new tire rubber" plant a multi-year tax relief?

people complain about city/county labor costs but seem to forget the corporate welfare that exists at every level
 
4Q_iu said:
Not surprising The Haute was last; though scary that there were behind Anderson

I don't think the city or county has much flexibility with taxes; didn't the city give the "new tire rubber" plant a multi-year tax relief?

people complain about city/county labor costs but seem to forget the corporate welfare that exists at every level
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I like when they call letting someone keep their own money welfare or a cost.
 

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