Seymour Community Awareness

10/23/2025

https://tribtown.com/2025/10/22/michael-hicks-iedc-mess-is-bigger-than-one-audit/

"Indiana now has among the lowest business taxes in the country — a policy decision that is likely to endanger much of the spending that attracts people to our cities and towns. This would be an ideal time to do away with tax incentives.

Local governments can no longer afford to abate business taxes or undertake large spending efforts for new businesses. At the same time, it is clear state government — or the IEDC, at least — cannot manage these programs without running afoul of basic ethical standards.

Tax incentives are among the most studied public finance tools in the world. The most optimistic assessment of their value is that in a really high tax environment, about three-quarters of businesses receiving abatements would’ve relocated to their new site and made similar investments anyway."

Editor’s note: Michael J. Hicks is the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and an associate professor of economics in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University. Citations for this column are available at commentaries.cberdata.org/. The Indiana Economic Developme...

10/23/2025

https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/jacob-stewart/2025/10/23/indiana-leap-economic-development-ownership/86824179007/

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, TELL THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE. THEY SEEM TO BE TIED TO THE OLD, 40 YEAR OLD SYSTEM THAT IS NO LONGER WORKING EFFICIENTLY.
-SCA

"It makes no sense to lure high-skilled companies while cutting funding for schools that train locals for those jobs, reducing funding for services that would attract new workers and failing to build sufficient housing.

If the state wants to continue investing public funds in the local economy, it needs to embrace an ownership economy.

That means creating incentives for regular people to gain an ownership stake in the success of their local economy. Supporting higher education is a huge part of that, but so is eliminating barriers to home and land ownership.

When locals have an ownership stake in the success of their community, they share the benefits of economic development. When they don't, the benefits just go to Wall Street."

I visited Boone County and saw a clear divide: People with an ownership stake view LEAP very differently than those without one.

10/20/2025

We the People have had it. When is enough enough? What does it take for scumbag sanctuary politicians to be held accountable for dereliction of duty and breaking their sworn oaths? Public safety is job Number One.

An Indiana man is dead and another man is in custody after a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 20 in Portage on Wednesday, according to police.

10/19/2025

Just for thought provoking purposes.

10/17/2025

10/17/2025

GREAT STRAIGHT UP REPORTING ON AG ROKITA'S EVENT AT THE STATEHOUSE THIS WEEK. -SCA

Kendra Castner spoke to the lawmakers about her brother, Brad Castner, a 27-year-old Hoosier who was killed in a head-on collision by an illegal migrant driving without a license in March 2024. The criminal alien was out on pretrial release for a previous collision when he killed her brother, Castner said, and he was deported thanks to the Laken Riley Act President Trump signed days after taking office this year.

“We can’t bring Brad back, but we can make sure what happened to him won’t happen to someone else,” Castner told lawmakers. “His death was preventable, and that’s what hurts the most. … We owe it to Brad and every family to make sure laws have real consequences.”

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita seeks stronger enforcement powers to help the Trump administration fix Biden's border crisis.

10/16/2025

The next time you go to a Seymour City Council meeting wishing to speak & are asked to give your address -REFUSE! And if you are questioned about it, ask the City Attorney for a reason for that requirement. Then ask her what is her address...a lot of folks may be surprised (or not) if she answers honestly (which is doubtful). -SCA

OPEN MEETINGS? Chicago doesn't want residents to attend its City Council meetings so they require photo ID (you don't need one to vote) and only have 25 seat in the meeting room and 35 seats in a 3rd floor overflow room. Black Republicans like Danielle Carter are being denied a voice in Chicago. Perhaps it is time for the DOJ's Civil Rights division to look into Chicago for refuses to follow state law.

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10/15/2025

Great to have our no nonsense Border Czar at our office's Fairness For Hoosiers event today to speak about the unfairness of illegal immigration and the need for state action to address the ongoing crisis.

As he continues securing our border, carrying out the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, and working to find thousands of kids that went missing during the Biden admin, we are determined to do our part by putting Hoosiers first -- not illegal aliens.

10/15/2025

Lyin' Liz Brown!

Lying Liz Brown went on Tony Katz's show and said she shared her concerns about the Fairness Act with our staff and never heard back.

Does she think she can just lie to her constituents, make stuff up, and never get called out?

Our staff requested a meeting to discuss the bill with Brown right after the bill was referred to her committee. She refused to meet with us.

We have the receipts:

10/14/2025

Border Czar Tom Homan...!