Loading ...CONSOLIDATION IS DEAD!
This time it really is dead for another year. Efforts to consolidate the Marion County Township Fire Departments are dead, according to Senate bill sponsor James Merritt. Merritt was putting together a plan that would allow the City-County Council to vote on consolidating the fire departments, but it would also have to vote on consolidating the Trustees. Merritt says there was not enough time to put together the legislation in the final hours of the General Assembly. He also reiterated the fact that Democrat Bill Crawford opposed the merger of the Trustees. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. When State Rep. Phil Hinkle, Republican, opposed consolidation we labelled him an obstructionist. I think that title has now been passed on to Bill Crawford.
April 29th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I was chatting with Phil Hinkle this afternoon — he too is aware of the changing circumstances and the irony of it all.
April 29th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Abdul, thanks for the great coverage of the happenings at the state house. Can’t wait to see if the Star hammers on Crawford like they did Hinkle and Young last year. I’ll bet you $5 bucks they don’t.
April 29th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Township Firefighter, especially you in Franklin and Decatur Townships…. It didn’t happen…. GET OVER IT.
April 30th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Don’t you think it is sad that the Mayor could not get his party to stand by him. What does that say about his leadership? If this would have passed, the relief for the poor would have went through the Mayor’s office and we all know that he doesn’t seem care about the poor in our city. View http://www.simpson4mayor.com.
April 30th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
According to Peterson, who was a guest on Amos Brown’s show today, to label the MCBD as stabbing him in the back is outrageous; that the derailment was due to ‘the new face of the Marion County Republican party, Mike Young’.
Appears Bart is like the female in an abusive relationship, who will blame anyone but who is responsible for getting b—h slapped. There is your leadership, folks!!
May 1st, 2007 at 6:30 pm
We will see who they will blame for the first election if they can’t get enough inspectors to work the polls.