Property tax bill higher then 2006 bill

For those who drop by and read this blog, this is no big surprise. I have been telling you that this was going to happen.

"Less fortunate is Dossie Sims Sr., who lives in the 700 block of Dorman Street on the Near Eastside. Sims is among the 10 percent of homeowners who will see a higher revised 2007 bill than the original.
The final 2007 bill for his two-story home, valued at $150,200, increased by about $1,000, going from $1,656 last summer to about $2,606. The home, where Sims has lived for 50 years, is in a neighborhood where the median bill increased by 93 percent over the original 2007 bills and 197 percent relative to 2006."

"Residents in the Meridian-Kessler and Butler-Tarkington neighborhoods, which were at the epicenter of last summer's property tax protests, are among those who will see relief in the new bills.
The median bill in the area that includes most of those two neighborhoods dropped by about 11 percent compared with the bad bills."

But this is still much higher then the 2006 bills which doubled or tripled in 2007. So no tax savings. I will owe $500 to $700 on the "make up" bill that will arrive soon. Yes I am also one of those on a fix income. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/LOCAL18/805250382