December 5, 2008
More rallies planned
A Town Hall meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, December 18th in St. Joseph County at the New Carlisle Fire Station, located at 204 Michigan St. in New Carlisle. The meeting will begin at 7:30 EST/6:30 CST. Local and state officials will be on-hand to discuss the importance of maintaining access to local elected officials.
Also, a rally will be held in Koscuisko County on Sunday, December 28th at 4:00 at the Atwood Community Building, located at 213 E. Hovey St. in Atwood. Again, local and state officials will be in attendance.
Please plan on attending these rallies to make sure that your voices will be heard!
Also, be sure and check out the media coverage of the rally held in Elkhart County on November 30th. State lawmakers attended and voiced their support for local government!- http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/35291254.html
November 21, 2008
Rally in support of local government
Local supporters of Hoosiers for Democracy will be hosting a rally on Sunday, November 30th at 4:00 to support their local elected officials. Local and state officials have been invited and are expected to attend.
The meeting will be held at the Concord Fire Department, located at 23625 County Road 18 in Elkhart.
If you live in the area, please attend and show your support for local government!
November 6, 2008
So much for listening to the will of the people
Despite the fact that voters supported their local township assessors in numerous townships throughout the State, Kevin Brinegar and the Indiana Chamber don’t seem to care. From a recent column in the Evansville Courier & Press:
Kevin Brinegar, president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, said the business group again will lobby the Legislature in 2009 to eliminate the rest of township-level government. Specifically, it will seek to have the 13 remaining township assessors who survived the referendum abolished by statute.
Oh, and don’t let the Chamber fool you when they characterize the latest referendum results as “overwhelming” support for doing away with local elected officials. Despite the large sums of money they spent on the effort, nearly 1/3 of the township assessors will remain in office.
October 23, 2008
Local government cooperative program saves Indiana taxpayers more than $1 million
InsideIndianaBusiness.com report-
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=32176
October 22, 2008
With the large sums of money being spent by businesses to eliminate local government, it’s easy for the opinions of average citizens to get lost in the shuffle.
Indianapolis Star letters to the editor-http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081022/OPINION01/810220324/103
October 14, 2008
Firefighters and trustees working together in Elkhart County
Concerned about losing local autonomy and questioning the savings that would come from consolidation, firefighters and trustees in Elkhart County are coming together to educate taxpayers on how the Kernan-Shepard Commission affects them.
WSBT- http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/30987294.html
