Through a Web site and a series of taxpayer rallies, activist Eric Miller of Advance America is promoting a six-year plan to cap government spending and eliminate property taxes through an amendment to the Indiana Constitution.
"The whole aim is to pass a constitutional amendment to ban the taxation of real estate and go to ... some alternative system of financing that's fair to both the state and local governments," said state Sen. Brent Steele.
The campaign committees of Steele and state Rep. Eric Koch placed an ad in the Times-Mail urging people to attend Miller's taxpayer rally at 7 p.m. Monday in Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria in Greenwood. And Miller's Web site quotes state Rep. Jerry Denbo as saying he "would wholeheartedly support a Constitutional amendment to repeal property taxes at this time."
Despite his own self-proclamation that he has no interest in challenging Governor Daniels next year for the GOP nomination, Miller continues to plaster his name all over every Advance America publication, and seems to relish these opportunities to put his name back into the public debate.
He may say he isn't running, but I wouldn't rule it out just yet. By the off chance -- and I don't have a lot of faith, for what it's worth -- that the General Assembly refuses to touch the gay marriage issue again next year, I can very easily see Miller and his cronies announcing that the "real needs" of Indiana's conservative voters aren't being addressed by their Governor. Keep an eye on Mitch has he dives to the right over the next few months to try and avoid this.
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