A Raise? You Must be Joking!
Members of the Indianapolis City-County Council may be taking up the issue of raising their pay, again. The Council’s Salary Recommendation Panel has two scheduled meetings this month. One on July 9 at 4:30 p.m. and July 16 at 4 p.m., which by the way is 90 minutes before the Council has a hearing on the Mayor’s 65-percent increase in the income tax to pay for public safety.
I’m not saying members of the Council don’t deserve a raise. Who wouldn’t want more money with the increases in income and property taxes on the way, but this is definitely the WRONG time to be looking at even raising the issue of more money for elected officials.
With Marion County voters facing, on average, 34-percent increases in their tax bills, only a damn fool would ask the taxpayers for more money. And I am really question the intellect of the leadership that let this go forward.
