Ballard Broken Promises: Ballard promised to work to abolish property taxes and to spend 60% of $90 Million Local Option Income Tax increase on property tax relief.

FACT: Ballard has not made any push to eliminate property taxes from the Indiana Constitution, and Ballard and his City-County Council have not spent any new income tax revenue to independently lower property taxes in Marion County.

Candidate Greg Ballard said he would work to abolish property taxes. Indianapolis Star, Aug 6, 2007

2007 Ballard Campaign Website News/Greg Ballard calls for measures to ease the burden of Marion County property tax increases.

After all this time, it still hasn't happened.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Ballard promised to work to abolish property taxes and to spend 60% of $90 Million Local Option Income Tax increase on property tax relief.