INDIANAPOLIS -- Some Meridian-Kessler and Butler-Tarkington neighborhood residents are mounting a new grassroots effort to keep the property tax issue at the forefront.

For sale signs, some legitimate and some to illustrate a point, are popping up all over the neighborhoods, 6News' Julie Pursley reported.

The signs are in short supply and heavy demand, according to angry homeowners who are protesting a massive property tax hike.

"We have to make concessions this year. There is absolutely no way that we cannot, in our budget, take something out without paying property taxes," said Maureen Murphy. "It's hurting a lot."

Some of the signs put numbers for city offices instead of real estate agent numbers on them. Some call out politicians by name.

"We're trying not to point fingers at any one party, because I think the process failed this time," said John Murphy. "It's not a Democrat thing. It's not a Republican thing. It's a situation that's broken."

A man who lives across the street from the governor's residence said the assessed value of his home went up nearly $200,000 since he bought it in 2005.

"It took my annual taxes from $5,700 a year to a net tax of $16,000," Nicholas Kocsis said.

The signs are intended to foreshadow an even angrier protest if the situation is not resolved soon.

"We're just trying to show that we're all going to have to sell our homes due to the increase in our taxes," Kocsis said. "It's going to destroy our neighborhood."

Protesters warned that if elected officials don't make changes now, they will make changes come election time.