I normally don’t bother with Indianapolis issues since: a) I’m not from Indy; and b) Indy is more than adequately covered by other blogs; but this strikes me as a recipe for sour relations.
The Indy/Marion County City County Council was sold on a county option income tax as a safety measure to add 100 officers.
Instead, city officials said Wednesday, the department this year spent the amount of money it would have cost to hire those officers on immediate needs not covered in the 2008 budget: retirement benefits, overtime, fuel and contractual raises.
Maybe there were no other options, but still when your fiscal body and the public feels like they were the victims of a bait and switch with respect to tax increases; you’re begging for a long-term dysfunctional relationship.
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