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You sent me your property tax bill.

So I guess the Marion County property tax bills have finally, right. By the way, I've still yet to get mine in the mail.

I had to go online and look at what mine was.

I've still yet, I don't know what's going on with Hendricks County.

I don't know why Marion County could get theirs out, but Hendricks County, maybe I don't get one because I still have a mortgage.

Maybe you only get it if you don't have them.

Maybe that's the thing. You don't need to race over and check it out because you know what it's going to be higher. That's right. Although,

you know, you say, well, you have a mortgage. I should still should get a bill in the mail. I'm

paying it. It's not like the mortgage company is just running a soup kitchen, right? Yeah. You should still get your property tax bill, but I went online.

So I said I looked, I think mine went up $137.

I think was the amount that mine went up.

And we're now in such a horrible position in the state that I'm like, whoo.

Only $137.

You, on the other hand, you did not get off that easy. So my property tax bill went up 17.2% increase from last year.

Yikes.

And that is a 34.4% increase from 2021.

And I bring up 2021 because that's when Governor Mike Braun said that he wanted to reset the property tax bills.

So for those of you doing the math at home, that's $9.5. That's when Governor Mike Braun said that he wanted to reset the property tax bills.

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