Indiana's new property tax reform — Senate Enrolled Act 1 — promises $1.3 billion in homeowner relief over three years. That sounds great until you read the fine print: it freezes local operating levies, caps future growth, and authorizes new local income taxes up to 1.2%.

For rural communities with small tax bases, this could mean service cuts, school funding pressure, and a shell game where property tax relief gets replaced by income tax increases.

I'll fight for tax policy that's transparent about trade-offs, protects rural services, and doesn't hand voters a $300 check while gutting the community institutions they depend on.