Lift Every Voice
As the tax bills have come in and local lawmakers debate raising your taxes, I’ve been asked how local citizens can get a hold of their elected officials and voice their opinions. Here are some numbers you can call. All in the 317 area code.
Patrice Abdullah – 262-8953 or 965-5133
Paul Bateman – 547-3139 or 327-4242
Phil Borst – 787-5323
Rozelle Boyd – 327-4242
Vernon Brown – 501-6880 or 327-8645
Virginia Cain – 823-2640
Bob Cockrum – 856 – 5549
Lonell Conley – 547- 6652 or 545-1318
Susie Day – 787-2417
Sherron Franklin – 327-4242
Ron Gibson – 562-1556
Monroe Gray – 297-1155 or 327-6773
Scott Keller – 637-1829 or 443-6399
Lance Langford – 356-7249
Dane Mahern – 506-2707
Angela Mansfield – 872-3306 or 413-6868
Lynn McWhorter – 387-9078
Mary Moriarty Adams – 359-6940 or 690-6606
Jackie Nytes – 370-6184
Bill Oliver – 546-7467
Marilyn Pfisterer – 244-7156
Lincoln Plowman – 557-7594
Cherish Pryor – 327-4242
Ike Randolph – 216-9555
Bob Lutz – 241-4020
Joanne Sanders – 283-6040
Scott Schneider – 845-1815 or 849-4466
Mike Speedy – 786-6689
Ryan Vaughn – 327-4242
By my rough guestimate, if there was a vote to raise your taxes today it would pass 16 to 13. Voting “yes” would be Abdullah, Bateman, Boyd, Brown, Cain, Gibson, Gray, Keller, Langford, Mahern, Mansfield, Moriarty-Adams, Nytes, Oliver, Pryor and Sanders.
Voting “no” would be Cain, Cockrum, Day, Franklin, McWhorter, Pfisterer, Plowman, Randolph, Lutz , Schneider, Speedy and Vaughn.
It is important you contact your elected officials and let your voices be heard about the state of financial affairs in Marion County and whether you prefer less spending, more taxes or some combination of both.
And for the record, this information was all pulled off the Council’s own webpage. I did not put up any more personal information (although I have it in a big file) about these elected officials than what is already available to the public.
Let your fingers do the walking, it’s a snap.
