1. Spearheaded the defeat of the April 8, 2003 seven-year, $70 million "emergency" tax increase referendum put before the public by the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation (E-VSC) – savings of $70 million in foregone tax increases.

2. Instrumental in the cancellation of the North Side Waste Water Treatment Plant savings of $67 million in bonding authority by the City

3. Testified during budget deliberations during the consideration of the 2004 city budget hearings in an effort to extend the terms of the Victory Theater bond for the creation of new exhibits at Mesker Zoo. Bonding increase was ultimately limited to only $5 million.

4. Closely monitored all school board proceedings throughout calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 to present.

5. Bus Replacement Fund:

In August 2004, the E-VSC Bus Replacement Plan for 2005 had monies earmarked for 20 buses that taxes had previously been budgeted for in 2004 Bus Replacement Fund. In other words, corporation officials were going to knowingly charge taxpayers twice for the same busses. The cost of the 20 buses was approximately $1 million dollars. Assistant Superintendent Bob Yeager was quoted in the Courier & Press stating that E-VSC had $1 million for the Rainy Day Fund because the corporation did not need to buy all the buses previously budgeted for in fiscal 2004..

VCTA members strongly protested at the E-VSC budget hearing, and the day after the 2005 E-VSC budget was adopted, 20 buses were ordered. In October they brought this to the attention of the and in April 2006, DLGF forced EVSC to adjust the 2005 plan for 18-19 buses – thus confirming that what the corporation attempted to do may have been illegal.

6. Hosted a well-attended School Board Candidate’s Debate during the 2004 election cycle. Endorsed three candidates, one of whom, Dana Willett, was elected.

7. Testified at numerous County Council meetings regarding tax abatements. Our actions have saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in foregone tax abatements by influencing the council to reduce the number of years for which they are awarded.

8. Participated in round-table discussions pertaining to the development of a scoring system for tax abatement qualifications developed by members of the County Council, the business community, organized labor and local developers.

9. Petitioned E-VSC budget and proposed tax increases for fiscal years 2004 through the present. Various members of VCTA have testified at tax levy increase hearings held by the Department of Local Government Finance and provided documentation to support their concerns.

10. Members have established and maintained contact with state officials at the Department of Local Government Finance, the Attorney General’s office, the Governor’s office and officials with the State Board of Accounts.

11. Several VCTA members participated in a three-hour luncheon meeting with Dr. Linda Reccio, consultant with MGT of America, when the organization was compiling an efficiency study of the E-VSC.

12. Uncovered structural damage during construction at the new Southern Indiana Careers and Technical Center. Our efforts forced the architects and engineers to make public the preliminary draft of a $38,000 engineering consultant’s report which had been withheld from the public and the School Board from March until December, 2005.

13. VCTA board member, Frank Nagy, in conjunction with the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, successfully challenged the $20 activities fee assessed to parents of E-VSC students during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school year.. After a lengthy appeals process, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled the activity fee unconstitutional under Indiana law and remanded the case to the lower court. The E-VSC was subsequently ordered by a local judge to make refunds of the fee and some $367,000 was refunded to the parents of E-VSC students.