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Watchdog Indiana LogoWatchdog Lebanon provides information about the revenues, spending, and long-term debt assumption of the local and county governments in Boone County. An online community is established where Boone County Hoosiers work together to help control government growth. This volunteer effort is non-party, non-connected, and non-profit. 

Watchdog Lebanon is an advocate for good government that focuses on the local tax burden of Boone County working families.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, ... who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

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Did You Know?
07/23/2010: 
The Lebanon School Board approved a $40 million capital projects referendum for the November 2010 ballot. Both the Lebanon School Board and the Support Lebanon Students Political Action Committee have done a crummy job of educating voters about the referendum - they have merely been advocates for the dreams and schemes of the Lebanon Schools administration and the Greater Lebanon Community Vision Committee. To provide taxpayers The Whole Truth about the 2010 Lebanon Community Schools Referendum, Watchdog Indiana has put up the web page http://www.finplaneducation.net/the_whole_truth.htm

Immediate action needed!
04/24/2010:
Please review http://www.finplaneducation.net/I-65_corridor_annexation.htm to learn how Lebanon's forced annexation of 3,675 acres along I-65 will increase property taxes and utility bills. The Greater Lebanon Community Vision Committee worked hard to support this unwise decision to foster disorderly and costly growth in our Lebanon community.

 

Watchdog Lebanon Topics Index

Boone County Candidate Information:
2008 Boone County Candiates (Boone County Auditor Primary Election).
2007 Boone County Candidates (November 6, 2007, Lebanon Mayor General Election).
2006 Boone County Candidates (Boone County Council General Election).
2004 Boone County Candidates (November 2, 2004, Boone County Commissioners General Election; November 2, 2004, Boone County Council General Election; May 4, 2004, Boone County Commissioners Republican Primary; May 4, 2004, Boone County Council Republican Primary).
2002-03 Boone County Candidates (November 4, 2003, Lebanon Mayor and City Council General Election; November 5, 2002, Boone County Council District 3 General Election; May 7,2002, Boone County Commissioner District 1 Republican Primary).
Boone County Disbursements
Boone County Growth Projections
Boone County Highway Department
Boone County Property Taxes
Boone County Utilities: March 12, 2003, IURC News Release about BCU Change Orders.
Consumer Price Index
Convention Center
County Council Voting Record
County Option Income Tax (COIT)
Elected Representatives Directory
Emergency Telephone System (E911) Fee
Family Meals Tax: Lebanon Food and Beverage Tax.
I-65 Development: Duke Realty Project. I-65 South Corridor Overlay District.
Lebanon City Council Voting Record
Lebanon City Finances
Lebanon I-65 Corridor Annexation (RESOURCE: SayNotoFishers.com)
Lebanon Municipal Building
Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon School Finances
Lebanon Utilities - Wastewater (Sewer)
Lebanon Utilities - Water
Petition and Remonstrance
Population Data: City Of Lebanon; Center Township; Boone County; State Of Indiana.
Recount Commission: 2002 Boone County Commissioner District 1.
Related Sites: Boone County Area Plan Commission; Boone County Chamber of Commerce; Boone County Community Network; Boone County Economic Development Corporation; Boone County E-mail Directory; Boone County Republicans; Boone REMC; Lebanon (City Of), Indiana; Lebanon Community School Corporation; Lebanon Community Vision Committee.
US 421 Corridor Overlay District
Wheel Tax

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Watchdog Lebanon summarizes my use of Boone County, Indiana, as a case study to demonstrate how you can work to help control the revenue and spending growth of your local government. Understanding the Fundamental Watchdog Beliefs will help you understand the approach taken in this website. Please send an E-mail telling what you think about Watchdog Lebanon or anything else that comes to mind. Your comments, suggestions, problems, complaints, praise, and opinions are welcome.

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This page was last updated on 07/23/10.