Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-06
AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING TAXES

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payers rightfully subjected criticisms
is Immediately election in
which the voters by majority of than $4,000 approved OF
the mena policies protesting
suggestion at
promise to
difficult for live than at any time in
You taxes which
the result of uncued expenditures for
improvement burden created
by timely thousands that and
extravaganza and political favor
The course present
in the last be defended on the plea of
previous adjudication.
The issue you county whether
not you approved of the wild extravaganza
county the officials who
Both YOUR primaries and in the election you
policies protesting
portsmanle piper when by pu
ray approximately you
with the piper
Before YOU determine that this is an economic period which public
the fact
country there idle men to
be given the nation to prosper
percentage idle Marion County is
other communities IT is also true that the percentage Is
will be increased public work abandoned
high costs
building supplies s immature conclusions
their profits with grating off
supply commissions in order
supplies building necessity along this
high bids
graft big little could be eliminated
public units the costs the
taxpayers below level Immediately
remedy to oldashloned
rather than abandonment of public buldIns7
You are absolutely wrong in your assumption
public improvements
There are no nub now contemplated County
that are not economically justified
your the community whole
You specifically proposed PendletOn
passabe roads public necessity
and on investigation highway
indianapolis the
important highway entering indianapolis
You will find on investigation
pike barely paable
the total cost of permanently improving it
investigation that unless improve 1t
nently you maintenance
improving and having paid the road
viii then still be unimproved
You specifically proposed
will find investigation that the lack
Of costing this community month
the entire investment to build the
this investigation that result of
ncompetency office and whose
ncompetency approval continuation in office the
White river the Michigan road has been closed " traffic Tor
nearly years closed for another least
In the approximately four miles
from the city in this direction the people Marion
County paying transportation Of themselves and
mOdiu enough to build this bridge
and that the
cause Of against which complain is not public
Improvement but public waste
Last week public light indianapolis of
OF
The fire the city of indianapolis
purchased than for the
of the city
The dockeng OF Fesler auditor
that he grabbed
fee for having of the registration books the
paid induoement certain
refrain from bringing
ceeding nomination which
rghtfuly entitled.
The $4,000 perquis for whom
making fortune by attention
to ways to get than business.
At this ocketbooks being
md janitorng the courthouse than
Of its entire building
ano service at the city hall
Summed up gentlemen will find whenever desire
know Marion County
public improvements and that be relieved
the burden ofe taxes a
that insist that the vast sums which
profgate administration
county public
ments public
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