KISS INDY WORKS GOOD-BYE
Unless something changes in the next 24 hours, Mayor Bart Peterson’s third attempt at government consolidation has failed. House Democrats and Senate Republicans are deadlocked over whether township trustees should be included in the latest merger proposal.
Republican State Senator Jim Merritt wanted wanted the Trustees to be included in the consolidation package while Democrat Bill Crawford did not want to include the Trustees, but did want to include the township assessors.
Crawford told me earlier he did not want to include the Trustees, because they did good job of administering poor relief, however he introduced an amendment in 2005 to an Indy Works proposal that included consolidation of the Trustees.
Oh well, better luck next year.
