Goldstein v. Indiana Department of Local Government Finance

ORDER ON RESPONDENTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS

FISHER, J.

On September 6, 2007, the Petitioners, Mel Goldstein et al, filed a verified petition for judicial review (Petition) with this Court. The Petition challenges:

1) the legality of the vote, taken by the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council, which raised Marion County’s income tax from 1% to 1.65%, effective October 1, 2007;

2) the constitutionality of the directive, issued by Indiana Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (and upon which the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) acted), which extended the statutorily prescribed…