Wiggins Supports Local Taxes

Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins is joining other mayors from around the state in calling for the authority to increase local taxes. Wiggins and other members of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns say the legislature should give cities and towns the power to raise sales taxes, food and beverage taxes, and local income taxes. The mayors also want the legislature to remove a cap on property taxes. Some state senators oppose the mayors’ proposal because it is not tied to reducing property taxes. Meanwhile, the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee has proposed a new tax plan that would reduce property taxes, in part by using income taxes to pay for school building projects.