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182. Millard Franklin
"Bud" RENNER1 was
born on December 20, 1934 in Mahalasville, Morgan Co., Ind.. RN
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ORIGINAL ENTRIES, 1964.
ADDITIONS, 11 Aug. 1990.
Renner Family Record.
From Our Files
By RUTH R. HARROLL
25 Years Ago Sept. 22,1954
Patricia Ann Baker became the bride of Frank M. Renner in a ceremony at
the Franklin First Baptist Church. (Daily Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, September
22, 1979.)
Local Man Gets State Promotion
The promotion of Frank "Bud" Renner of Mahalasville from budget
analyst to Republican deputy budget director for the state of Indiana was announced
this week by Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb.
Renner, a graduate of Morgantown High School, majored in accounting at Indiana
University. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Renner of Mahalasville.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 18, 1969.)
Renner To Take No, 2 Post For State Administration
Millard F. (Bud) Renner is scheduled to take over the newly-reinstated position
of deputy commissioner of the State Department of Administration, it was learned
yesterday.
W. W. Hill Jr., commissioner of the administration department, confirmed
a report that Renner, who now is Republican deputy budget director, will move
into his department as No. 2 man on Sept. 15.
Hill said that having Renner in the department will allow Hill to devote
more time to supervising implementation of recommendations of the Governor's
Economy Program and to overseeing the reduction in state employe personnel asked
by Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb.
HILL SAID Renner's job switch had the blessing of both Governor Whitcomb
and Thomas H. Taylor, state budget director.
Taylor said, "I hate to lose Bud but the Budget Office's loss is the
Department of Administration's gain. And I think the move will strengthen the
team. It should enable the Department of Administration and Budget Agency to
work more closely than ever before."
Renner is 34 and lives near Martinsville.
He started in state government working in the Federal aid section of the
State Highway Department and later switched to the State Board of Accounts.
He was a senior budget analyst for the Budget Agency from 1967 until becoming
a deputy director when Governor Whitcomb took office last January.
Taylor said he has no one in mind yet to replace Renner in the budget job.
(The Indianapolis (Indiana) Star, Thursday, September 4, 1969.)
Renner Takes State Post
Millard F. (Bud) Renner, east of Martinsville, will soon move into the
State Department of Administration as No. 2 man. He will fill the newly reinstated
position of deputy commissioner of the department, working under W. W. Hill
Jr., commissioner.
Renner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Renner of Mahalasville, is now Republican
deputy budget director.
By having Renner in the position, Hill will be released to devote more time
to supervising the carrying out of recommendations of the Governor's Economy
Program and overseeing the reduction in state employee personnel. He said that
both Governor Edgar Whitcomb and Thomas H. Taylor, state budget director, approved
the change although Taylor expressed regret at losing Renner from his budget
office. He said "It should enable the Department of Administration and
Budget Agency to work more closely than ever before."
The 34-year-old Renner began state work in the federal aid section of the
state highway department, was later with the state board of accounts, and then
was senior budget analyst for the Budget Agency from 1967 until he became deputy
director last January.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, September 5, 1969.)
Martinsville Man Might Rise as Right-hand Man
By HORTENSE MYERS
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - The long-rumored departure of W.W. (Dub) Hill as commissioner
of the Indiana Department of Administration may be one of the side effects of
candidacy filings today on the final day.
Hill, who served in the legislature prior to taking his present job as one of
Governor Whitcomb's key administrators, would not confirm or deny the report
that he would file today for the state Senate.
An Indiana Attorney General's opinion already is on record that holds the
commissioner of the Indiana Department of Administration cannot serve also as
a member of the legislature. The first commissioner —Sen. Eugene Bainbridge,
D-Munster —found out the hard way when he had to leave the commissionership
in 1962.
Deadline is Midnight
Candidates for the state legislature, Congress, prosecutors and some judges
will have until midnight tonight to file with Secretary of State William Salin,
either in person, or by mail. Candidates for county offices and for state convention
delegates and precinct committeemen file with county clerks, also by midnight
tonight.
Hill, an insurance company executive who took a leave from his company to
accept Whitcomb's appointment as commissioner last year, has several times been
rumored ready to leave. For months, Millard F. Renner, Martinsville, has
been serving as deputy commissioner to Hill after having previously served in
the State Budget Agency, under circumstances indicating he might be Hill's successor.
As a state senator, Hill would be able to return to his insurance career,
but he could not do so and continue as commissioner. Hill, a member of the House
of Representatives in 1961-62, served in the state Senate in 1967 but resigned
to become Republican for Congress in 1968, a race he lost to the incumbent, Rep.
Andrew Jacobs Jr., D-Ind.
Some of Indiana's state legislative races show promise of being as interesting
this year as the congressional ones, although the 22 Indiana congressional primary
elections are sure of getting the most notice. Among the famous son filers for
the state House of Representatives Wednesday was George W. Schricker, youngest
son of the late Henry F. Schricker, the only man to serve two four-year terms
as governor.
George Schricker filed as a Democratic candidate for the state House as
a hopeful for a Warren Township district. The Democrats, by party action, imposed
a single member district plan upon themselves in Marion County.
14 Contests Assured
At the start of business today, contests were assured in at least 14 of
the 22 congressional primary elections and additional ones are assured before
midnight. The two most crowded races were for the Democratic nomination in the
2nd, where Rep. Earl Landgrebe, R-Valparaiso, is the incumbent and in the 10th,
also on the Democratic side, where Rep. David W. Dennis, R-Richmond, is the incumbent.
Seven Democrats are lined up for nomination in each of these two races.
Contests developed Wednesday in the Republican 1st and 3rd District primaries.
Raymond J. Kenda of Hammond and Frederick A. Wood, Gary, filed declarations of
candidacy for the 1st District GOP nomination with the secretary of state. Earlier,
Antony A. Drapac, East Chicago, had filed.
Donald H. Agler, South Bend, filed for the 3rd District nomination, opposing
Jack E. Ellis, South Bend. Incumbent Democratic Rep. John Brademas of South Bend
was without opposition through Wednesday's filings.
Four declarations were entered Wednesday in the Democratic 2nd District
primary, creating a seven man race. Wednesday's filers included Robert A. Toal,
West Lafayette, Richard E. Byron, Remington, Joseph A. Farina, LaPorte, and J.
Timothy McGinley, Lafayette. Already filed in the Democratic 2nd were Philip
A. Sprague, Michigan City, John C. Wood, Valparaiso, and Hugh P. Salisbury, Knox.
Harry R. Fawcett, Kokomo, filed for the Republican 5th District primary,
opposing incumbent Rep. Richard L. Roudebush, Noblesville, and Gerald Brissman,
Carmel.
Charles O. Hendricks, Sellersburg, filed for the GOP 9th District nomination,
opposing Richard B. Wathen, Jeffersonville, and Henry Kissling, New Albany. Hendricks
is a former Indiana secretary of state and former state Republican chairman.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, March 26, 1970.)
Bud Renner Succeeds Hill In State Post
Gov. Edgar D. Whitcomb today named Millard F. "Bud" Renner of
near Martinsville as commissioner of the State Department of Administration.
Renner, who has been deputy Commissioner the last eight months, succeeds
W. W. Hill Jr., who resigned to seek the Republican nomination for state senator
in Marion County. He was Hill's first choice.
The new commissioner, who oversees purchasing, general services, property
management, public works and personnel divisions of state government, was a deputy
state budget director eight months before his transfer to the Department of Administration
last year.
Before that he was a state budget analyst, a field examiner for the State
Board of Accounts and a State Highway Department accountant in charge of Federal
funds.
He also worked a year and a half as a field office manager for the Indiana Toll
Road Commission and was a state co-ordinator for the governor's economy program.
No salary was announced. Hill received $24,480 a year. Renner is 35.
(The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 7, 1970.)
Renner takes Second Spot in Administration
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Deputy Commissioner Millard F. (Bud) Renner, Martinsville,
today officially advanced to commissioner of the Indiana Department of Administration,
a post he termed as next in importance to that of governor.
Governor Whitcomb's news secretary, David Waggoner; W. W. (Dub) Hill Jr.,
the outgoing commissioner, and Renner shared a news conference at which the announcement
was made. Waggoner said Hill will continue to assist the Whitcomb administration
as a member of some part time boards, probably including the State Scholarship
Commission and an insurance research committee.
Renner, a native of Morgan County, began his governmental career as a field
office manager for the Indiana Toll Road Commission, then worked for eight years
with the Indiana State Highway Commission, nearly four years as a field examiner
for the State Board of Accounts, and later served as deputy budget director before
becoming deputy commissioner of the Department of Administration eight months
ago.
Renner said that while he recognized some other department heads would not
agree with his evaluation, he considered the commissionership "the most
important job in state government after that of governor." He said he still
believes the number of state employees—reduced about 9 per cent under Hill—can
be reduced further as modernized methods of business are adopted.
Renner said he would continue Hill's work in attempting to fulfill the Governor's
Economy Program recommendations prepared by an independent task force of businessmen
and industrialists at Whitcomb's request.
Newsmen sought to determine Renner's salary but were told by Waggoner that
this figure has not yet been "finalized." The change over of commissioners
took place today.
Renner said "I intend to follow the plans Mr. Hill and I have outlined
in the last eight months." He said there would be no changes in division
heads within the big department. Renner said that "I have no interest in
elective state office" but already has been offered a job as a consultant
to foreign countries on governmental affairs.
Governor and Mrs. Whitcomb were among the guests at a reception honoring
Hill here Monday. Hill's resignation took effect Monday after an earlier announcement
that he would return to private work in the insurance field and campaign for
the Indiana Senate. Hill was a state senator prior to his appointment last year
as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Administration.
Renner was his deputy.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, April 7, 1970.)
M. F. (Bud) Renner Named State Commissioner Of Administration
Millard F. (Bud) Renner was named commissioner of the State Department of
Administration yesterday by Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb.
Renner, a resident of Martinsville, has been deputy commissioner for eight
months and had been groomed carefully for the top job by W. W. Hill Jr., who
resigned as commissioner, effective Monday.
Renner said he considers his new post the second most important job in state
government, — second only to the governor's job.
The 35-year-old Renner is married and the father of four children. He is
a Republican and a lifelong resident of Morgan County.
He attended Morgantown High School and Indiana University, where he majored
in accounting. During a 15-year career in state government, he also has served
with the Indiana Toll Road Commission, the Indiana State Highway Commission,
as a field examiner for the State Board of Accounts and in the State Budget Agency.
Renner also has served as state co-ordinator for the Governor's Economy
Program and as secretary of the Higher Education Co-ordinating Board.
David L. Waggoner, press secretary to Governor Whitcomb, who announced the
appointment, said Renner's salary has not yet been determined. He said it will
be set by Whitcomb and Thomas H. Taylor, state budget director.
(The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 8, 1970.)
Renner, Swisher With GOP Writers
M. F. Renner of Martinsville and state Senator Paul W. Swisher of Mooresville
are members of the 1970 Republican Convention Platform Committee. Their appointment
was announced this week by state Chairman Buena Chaney.
Chairman of the committee will be Swisher's colleague in the senate, Dean
Crews of Auburn; while vice chairman will be Mrs. Jean Bond, Tenth District Republican
vice chairman.
Renner is commissioner of the Indiana Department of Administration.
The committee will meet May 15 in Republican state headquarters.
(Newspaper clipping; source unknown, May 2, 1970.)
Renner Replaced by Ex-state Legislator
By JOHN B. BARRETTE
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -Gov.-elect Otis R. Bowen today appointed former Rep.
Raymond E. Sanders to head the Indiana Department of Administration and former
Shelbyville Mayor Ralph W. Van Natta as commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Their appointments take effect when Bowen is sworn in Jan. 8. Bowen also
said he hopes Dr. William E. Murray, commissioner of Mental Health, will remain.
Murray's reappointment technically hinges on nomination by the Advisory Council
on Mental Health and then approval by Bowen.
Sanders, the 42 year old president of Sanders Automotive Supply, served
two terms in the Indiana House, but was defeated in his Nov. 7 bid for reelection.
He will replace Millard F. "Bud" Renner, who said Wednesday Bowen intended
to replace him. Renner is from Morgan County.
Van Natta, 43-year-old real estate firm operator, served as Shelbyville
mayor from 1963-1971. He will replace Joe Root, current vehicles commissioner,
who formerly was an administrative assistant to outgoing Governor Whitcomb.
Bowen made the announcement at a morning news conference at Republican State
Headquarters here. Sanders, Van Natta and Edison L. Thuma, current legislative
council director and Bowen's designated director of the State Budget Agency,
were on hand to field questions with the governor-elect. Thuma was appointed
Wednesday.
Salaries for newly named department heads will be comparable with the current
amounts received by top level administrators, according to Bowen's news secretary,
William Watt. Watt said Bowen felt current salary would act as a base level for
each post.
Thuma will succeed W. Calvert Brand, Columbus, appointed to serve as director
of the State Budget Agency the balance of Governor Whitcomb's term after Thomas
Taylor resigned. Thuma's new position will be effective Jan. 8, the day Bowen
takes office.
Bowen's newly designated budget chief was director of research for the Indiana
Department of Commerce from 1964-1967, holds a degree in economics and political
science from Park College, Parkville, Mo., and did graduate work in economics
at the University of Oregon. He taught economics, international trade and public
finance courses at Southern Oregon College and currently teaches economics at
Indiana Central College.
Thuma's wife is Sharon Cummins Thuma, chief clerk of the Indiana House.
Bowen's announcement was the first of a series of top-level appointments
expected soon, although he previously named four members of his office staff.
Those appointments included a news secretary and three administrative assistants.
Bowen also said that his postelection vacation trip to Florida, at which
he met with an appointments advisory committee made up of Republican state leaders
and with legislative leaders, "resolved several key appointments."
However, a news release on the subject said the governor-elect "is
now engaged in individual discussions with persons selected to secure their acceptance.
Public announcement of these appointments will be made when they are confirmed."
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, November 24, 1972.)
MILLARD RENNER, member of Governor Orr's cost cutting panel, is a
resident of Mahalasville Road. Orr named him accounts chief when he took office.
He is former state budget commissioner, field examiner, budget agency analyst,
and chief of the federal aid section of the Indiana State Highway Commission.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 16, 1982.)
Sen. McComb is '$1,000-A-Page Author
The herculean labors of State Senator Thomas V. McComb (R-Fort Wayne), writing
employe group life insurance specifications for the state, gained him $2,000
from the administration of former Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb.
McComb, as a $50-a-day consultant, did the work last year under the sponsorship
of Millard F. Renner, then commissioner of administration. The little
job came in handy, as McComb had uprooted himself from his Fort Wayne insurance
business to become a law student in Indianapolis.
Forty days he labored, according to the vouchers. He has two pages, the
completed job, to show. And what happened to the specifications?
They are in a file at the State Office Building, and nobody
will say whether they will be used.
(The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, February 4, 1973.)
From Our Files By Ruth R. Harroll
10 Years Ago, January 18, 1969
Frank "Bud" Renner was promoted from budget analyst to Republican
deputy budget director for the state.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 18, 1979.)
From Our Files By Ruth R. Harroll
10 Years Ago, April 7, 1970
Deputy Commissioner Bud Renner was officially advanced to commissioner of
the Indiana Department of Administration, a post termed as next in importance
to Gov. Whitcomb.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, April 7, 1980.)
Orr appoints Millard Renner head of state accounts board
Millard F. (Bud) Renner of Martinsville, a former commissioner of the Indiana
Department of Administration, will become head of the State Board of Accounts
in the administration of Gov. Robert D. Orr, Orr's office announced Saturday.
Renner's appointment is effective Monday, the same day Orr takes office.
Renner succeeds Kenneth R. Beesley. Renner, 46, has been a senior field examiner
for the accounts board since 1972. He formerly was an analyst and deputy director
of the State Budget Agency.
(The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 11, 1981.)
Orr to name local man as he fills top state jobs
Governor-elect Robert D. Orr has indicated he will name a Mahalasvllle Road
resident state examiner. This means that Frank (Bud) Renner will be chief of
the State Board of Accounts.
Morgan County Republican Chairman Judson Dutton said today he believes Renner
will be appointed by Monday. He said the Martinsville man has had long experience
as an auditor for the accounts agency, which reviews the books of all public
officials in Indiana.
Renner was deputy budget director and commissioner of administration under
Gov. Ed Whitcomb. He has been in state government 26 years, mostly with the State
Board of Accounts.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 10, 1981.)
Orr makes Renner job official
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Governor-elect Robert D. Orr has announced he will appoint
Millard F. Renner, Martinsville, as state examiner and head of the state Board
of Accounts.
Renner, 46, will succeed Kenneth R. Beesley, North Vernon, effective today,
when Orr takes office.
Renner has been a senior field examiner for the Board of Accounts since
January 1972. Before that he was Department of Administration commissioner from
November 1969. Earlier he served as a State Budget Agency analyst and later as
deputy director.
He served an earlier stint as a field examiner for the Board of Accounts
and as chief of the federal aid section of the State Highway Commission.
A Republican, Renner has been active in several campaigns, including that
of W.W. "Dub" Hill, an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1972.
Renner and his wife have four children. They live on Mahalasville Road.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 12, 1981.)
MILLARD RENNER, member of Governor Orr's cost cutting panel, is a
resident of Mahalasville Road. Orr named him accounts chief when he took office.
He is former state budget commissioner, field examiner, budget agency analyst,
and chief of the federal aid section of the Indiana State Highway Commission.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 16, 1982.)
"The Scribbler"
- - - THIS IS a breeding ground for blunt spoken politicians. Consider the
county council. And consider Bud Renner.
I may have seen Renner a couple of times before he spoke to the Kiwanis
Club at Poe's, and I certainly had heard of him. I knew he was a country boy,
but I wasn't expecting to hear a man talk with the blunt candor of a field hand
warming his feet on a pot bellied stove. Renner is the real article. He says
what he thinks.
He didn't get where he is by looking slick. He dresses like a lumpy mattress.
You might think the governor's apparent commitment to "reforming"
the license branch system would blur Renner's opinions about the charade, but
it doesn't:
"I don't give a damn about what they say to you. The state will not
run it better."
I agree with him that the thing's a storm stirred up by the journalists
and by Democratic politicians anxious to please the American Federation of State,
County, and Municipal Employees.
Actually, Martinsville's Paul V. McNutt, nicknamed "God" by the
late Jep Cadou, was two generations ahead of his time when he created the license
branch system. In every case where it's been given a good try, contracting out
public services has proved better than doing them with bureaucrats. Even prisons
have been turned over to private enterprise, and about the only thing you could
do to improve the branches would be to put them out for bid.
But public or private, the business should be kept open to the public. Right
now, we know more about thefts from the branches than we do, for instance, from
banks. Too many bank thefts, said Renner, "don't get into the official record."
I can testify to this from my own personal knowledge, twice removed and
sifted through the local beauty parlor circuit.
RENNER HAS one modest proposal that might eliminate most of the thefts from
license funds. Take no cash. Make everybody pay with a check, a credit card,
or a money order. — rsk
(Reporter, Martrinsville, Indiana, January 23, 1984.)
Renner to be state's chief tax collector
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - M. F. Renner of Martinsville, chief examiner of the
State Board of Accounts, will replace William D. Haan as director of the Department
of Revenue in one of several leadership changes announced by Gov. Robert D. Orr.
Renner, who headed the department of Administration under Gov. Ed Whitcomb,
was appointed examiner in 1980. He has also been a senior examiner for the State
Board Accounts and a State Budget Agency analyst.
He also was one of four state officials named to a commission to control
governmental costs in 1982. It was also announced Wednesday that Robert McCreary,
a former union official and current special assistant to the governor for labor
and job training, will replace Howard Williams as commissioner of the Indiana
Division of Labor.
Other department leaders leaving posts are state highway director Gene K.
Hallock, utility consumer counselor L. Parvin Price, and insurance commissioner
Donald H. Miller.
Also resigning are Edward Lutz, director of the State Student Assistance
Commission; Linda Jester, director of the Office of Occupational Development;
and Philip K. Martin, director of the Emergency Medical Services Commission.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, December 20, 1984.)
Revenue chief spends a taxing week as collector By JACK AVERITT
That was no ordinary investigator who went around town collecting delinquent
Indiana sales taxes last week.
It was State Revenue Commissioner M. F. Renner.
Renner said he posed as a trainee for his own department when he called
on tax delinquents, some of whom operate small shops out of their own homes.
He said he wanted to:
• Find out what the job is actually like.
• Ask delinquents why their overdue taxes hadn't been paid.
• Better defend his request to state personnel officials to upgrade
salaries of his 10 or so tax investigators.
Their starting pay is only $12,000 a year but federal investigators make
$14,000, he said.
"They do the same thing as my people, only they're called revenue officers
rather than tax investigators."
Renner, however, said his investigators collect an average delinquent tax
of about $500,000 each, annually, some of which might not otherwise be collected.
"The lady I was with yesterday picked up a check for $26,000 the day
before," he said.
"These people recently locked up eight adult book stores in Indiana
(for not remitting sales taxes) ... We tagged them and revoked their licenses
until they paid the taxes."
What did they owe sales taxes on?
"Sales — sales of dirty books."
More than $5.3 million in delinquent sales, income and other taxes have
been collected by departmental investigators since last July, according to revenue
figures.
Investigators, who sometimes have to make repeat visits, also check carnivals,
flea markets and new shops to see if operators have a retail merchant's certificate.
Always accompanied by one of the department's investigators when he called
on delinquent taxpayers, Renner said:
"I told them I was a trainee . . . and I was there just to learn the
ropes and see what happens.
"It was quite an experience and I was very happy with it. I was really
proud of those employees because they did an excellent job."
The first day out, he said, he and an investigator visited six different
businesses, including novelty shops and several restaurants.
They picked up about $6,000 in delinquent sales taxes.
Payments by check are preferred, he said, and receipts are given.
Investigators carry credentials.
The second day, accompanied by a different investigator, he visited nine
businesses on the southwest side of town, some operated by women out of their
own homes.
On first-time visits, he said, the investigator made arrangements for payment
schedules, with the first payment to start the following week.
They then visited the near north side, where they picked up $30 in delinquent
taxes at a small variety store.
They also visited two corporate offices to ask why tax returns hadn't been
filed - only to learn that "the problem was in our system."
So why does the department have to send out investigators to personally
collect delinquent taxes?
"Well, because it never gets here if we don't," Renner said.
So what kind of explanations did he get from tax delinquents?
They ranged from, "the bookkeeper was sick" to "I just like
to see ya," Renner said.
Wherever they went, he said, they were treated courteously.
Renner, who may accompany another investigator next week, said some merchants
may not know that they can go to jail for not remitting sales taxes.
But one did, just this week.
(The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 3, 1985.)
Revenue chief takes hard line By JACK AVERITT
Renner is his name, tax collecting is his game and chronic tax cheaters
will go to jail if he has his way.
And if there's anybody Indiana Revenue Commssioner M.F. Renner has little
sympathy for, he suggested to a legislative committee Wednesday, it's people
who repeatedly refuse to pay their taxes.
Renner said he already has turned a collection agency loose on some tax
delinquents.
Referring to collection agency personnel, he said:
"These are nasty people. They even call you collect."
He said later that the agency so far this year has collected more than $200,000
which the department, county sheriffs and the state's tax collecting lawyers
were unable to collect.
But he told the Legislature's Sunset Evaluation Committee he intends to
press for criminal charges against businessmen who collect sales and income taxes
for the state and repeatedly refuse to pay.
"We're going to put people in jail," he said.
Committee members are reviewing operations of state agencies this summer.
Renner told them he hopes to use a new law that takes effect in July 1986
to go after lawyers who are tax delinquents, as well as other professionals licensed
by the state.
The law prohibits the issuance or renewal of occupational licenses to those
who are so delinquent that sheriffs have been asked to collect what taxes they
owe.
Renner said he is not trying to put sheriffs out of the business of collecting
delinquent taxes, but he still wants legislation enabling the Revenue Department
to step in when sheriffs fail to act.
"In some cases, sheriffs will not do the job," he said.
Sheriffs were asked to collect $50 million in delinquent taxes last year,
he added, but collected only $5 million.
The legislation was considered but rejected by lawmakers earlier this year.
Renner conceded that sheriffs were better lobbyists, on this issue, than the
revenue commissioner.
Renner said about $200 million in delinquent taxes are owed the state. He
said earlier, however, that some probably never will be collected because it
has been owed 20 years, companies have gone out of business or delinquent taxpayers
have died.
"It will not offend me at all" if the Legislature phases out Indiana's
inheritance tax over a period of years, the revenue chief said. The phaseout
is being pushed by Rep. Stephen C. Moberly, R-Shelbyville.
Moberly said some Hoosiers move from the "frost belt" to Florida
to avoid Indiana's inheritance tax.
Renner told the committee that most of the recommendations of a legislative
staff study of ways to improve department operations already have been addressed.
On another issue, committee members indicated they will not have time this
year to address all the constitutional and other questions raised about Indiana's
property tax system.
(The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 13, 1985.)
Renners celebrate noteable golden wedding anniversary
Bud and Pat Renner, Martinsvillc, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary
on Sept. 11.
The former Patricia A. Baker married Bud Renner Sept. 11,1954, in Franklin.
The Rev. Marchent officiated.
Mrs. Renner retired in 1992 from Blue Cross/Blue Shield, State of Indiana.
Renner retired in 1994 from the State of Indiana.
The Couple are the parents of four children, Kristiann McGrew, Martinsville;
Belinda Hudson, Batavia, Ohio; Mark Renner, Indianapolis, and Brian Renner, Shelbyville.
They have nine grandchildren. (The Reporter-Times, Martinsville, Indiana, August
15, 2004, p. A1.) Millard Franklin "Bud" RENNER and Patricia Ann BAKER
were married on September 22, 1954. Patricia
Ann BAKER1 (daughter of
Paul Cleo BAKER I and Glendia May PAUL) was born on September 21, 1935 in Fort
Wayne, Allen Co., Ind..
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ORIGINAL ENTRIES, 4 May 1964.
ADDITIONS, 11 Aug. 1990.
Renner Family Record; Patricia Ann Baker Renner.
From Our Files By RUTH R. HARROLL
25 Years Ago Sept. 22,1954
Patricia Ann Baker became the bride of Frank M. Renner in a ceremony at
the Franklin First Baptist Church.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, September 22, 1979.)
From Our Files By RUTH R. HARROLL
25 Years Ago March 14,1950
The 4-H clubs of Jackson County [Township] held an organizational meeting
with 44 students enrolling. The Jolly Juniors, mainly a sewing club, elected
Patty Baker as its president. The Willing Workers, mainly baking club, elected
Dixie Lee Haase as president. Mrs. Fred Dugle was the adult leader.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, March 14, 1975.)
From Our Files By RUTH R. HARROLL
25 Years Ago January 7,1952
Mrs. Frank Renner was installed as president of Morgantown's Xi Chapter
of Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority. Other officers installed were Mrs. Joe Reed,
Mrs. Joe Sichting, Mrs. Maurice Smith, Miss Janice Fleener, Mrs. Jack McDonald,
Mrs. Max Schrougham, Miss Edith Campbell, Mrs. Lee Smith and Mrs. Betsey Ashcroft.
(Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, January 7, 1977.)
MORGANTOWN GIRL SCOUTS
Seventeen Girl Scouts from Troop 47 of Morgantown recently completed the
requirements and earned their Cooks Badge from Morgan County REMC. The girls
and their leaders attended classes given by Nellie Grounds of the Member Service
Department for five weeks. They were taught beginning cooking methods, the basic
food groups, and the use and care of the electric range.
Those attending, pictured above, were Cynthia Pitcher, Margie Farmer, Dawn
Woods, Caroline Federle, Rhonda Holman, Donna Smith, Margaret Smith, Joyce Lauderdale,
April Nomam, Tammy Simpson, Bobbie Jo Hoskins, Bonnie Lynn Williams, Kathy Jo
Richards, Rhonda Emberton, Diana Huff, Susan Payton, and Jodi Clark. Leaders
are Mrs. Frank Renner and Mrs. John Richards.
After completion of the lessons, letters were received from each of the
girls thanking REMC for their sponsorship of the cooking program. Space does
not permit the printing of letters but they are always appreciated. (Circuit
Breaker News, Morgan County REMC, Martinsville, Indiana, June 1970.)
Patients in Morgan County Memorial April 14,1977
---Mrs. Frank M. Renner, R. R. 3;---
Martinsville (Indiana) Daily Reporter, April 15, 1977. Millard Franklin
"Bud" RENNER and Patricia Ann BAKER had the following children:
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