From the Indianapolis Star:
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But the reservations don’t end at zoning issues.
Jim Snapp, superintendent of Brownsburg Community Schools, is against the annexation. If it passes, he said, the school system could lose $400,000 in tax revenue.
Instead, that money would be funneled toward the newly annexed areas for services such as police patrols, snowplowing and infrastructure improvements that are now handled by Hendricks County.
Snapp said the school system is already burdened by a reduced cash flow of about $350,000 per year because of a tax increment financing district the town passed. The special district diverts commercial property tax money from schools, libraries and other local governments to the town.
“We begin to look at these continual cuts from the town; it’s really making a bad situation worse,” Snapp said. “That’s what we’re trying to tell the town.
“Please stop.”
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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013305260040
