Don't expect for any public comments when the Harrison Square Park goes before City Council. I don't think they care what the public has to say, their only interested in the call, Let's play ball.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Harrison Square Park Fan coming soon to downtown
Don't expect for any public comments when the Harrison Square Park goes before City Council. I don't think they care what the public has to say, their only interested in the call, Let's play ball.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Consolidation--Is almost a done deal
First the big boys were not going to be upstaged by the small fries. With surrounding areas gaining more knowledge of the underlying reasons for City County push to consolidate, East Allen County are banning together. So Allen County Commissions are giving in to some type of consolidation for merging departments, only. The City will have to swallow the amendment consolidation agreement or the agreement fails. Or City Council can choose to make other amendments sending the consolidation agreement back to the Allen County Commissioners. With this back and forth amendment nowhere is the public involved.
The amended consolidation agreement does not follow the law under Indiana Code 36.1.5.2, formerly referred to as House Bill 1362. The reason because it would require community input before any type of consolidation. City Council consolidation agreement has thumbed its nose at the voters.
Council Person Sam Talarico is not running for his seat and is one of the co author of the push consolidation down the throats of the voters. The public was not supporting of City-County changing government, and the second co-author, Dr. John Crawford was not impressed with the unyielding Allen County Commissioners non cooperative. So the two new founding fathers, Dr. Crawford and Talarico flipped the steps, merge departments and study and then go to the people.
The joint parties will commission a study on how to consolidation city and county government. This circumvents of IC 36.1.5 requirement of public hearings on consolidation of city and county government. The local Republican leadership, believe like their fear leader, President George W. Bush, they know what's best for the people. It is not a government for the people, by the people, it is by elite businessmen seeking their own best interest.
According to Amanda Icone in the Journal Gazette
East Allen County were quite aware of behind closed door dealing instead of open government for local citizen. East Allen County formed their proposal. And East Allen County will place it on a referendum for the voters to vote on it.
No surprise here. In the Harrison Square Study, consolidation will bring more people to work for city-county government. The Study suggest that having a jobs in the area (downtown) will encourage these folks to live downtown. Fort Wayne's new tool for growing its population seems to have failed. Fort Wayne has tried annexation to stem the tide of raced white flight from the core of the city. But elected official call it a more efficient and efficiency government.
The amended consolidation agreement does not follow the law under Indiana Code 36.1.5.2, formerly referred to as House Bill 1362. The reason because it would require community input before any type of consolidation. City Council consolidation agreement has thumbed its nose at the voters.
Council Person Sam Talarico is not running for his seat and is one of the co author of the push consolidation down the throats of the voters. The public was not supporting of City-County changing government, and the second co-author, Dr. John Crawford was not impressed with the unyielding Allen County Commissioners non cooperative. So the two new founding fathers, Dr. Crawford and Talarico flipped the steps, merge departments and study and then go to the people.
The joint parties will commission a study on how to consolidation city and county government. This circumvents of IC 36.1.5 requirement of public hearings on consolidation of city and county government. The local Republican leadership, believe like their fear leader, President George W. Bush, they know what's best for the people. It is not a government for the people, by the people, it is by elite businessmen seeking their own best interest.
According to Amanda Icone in the Journal Gazette
The commissioners will send a cover letter with the amended resolution to the City Council asking for the facilitator and the committee to review each city and county department for ways to make them more efficient, including possible mergers. The letter would also ask that a committee of council members and commissioners meet before the proposed study committee begins to ensure the elected officials work together.
East Allen County were quite aware of behind closed door dealing instead of open government for local citizen. East Allen County formed their proposal. And East Allen County will place it on a referendum for the voters to vote on it.
Communities in east Allen County are considering creating an umbrella government that could provide some services to 19 towns, townships and cities but maintain the independence of existing municipalities. The proposed hybrid government is expected to be on the November 2008 ballot for a referendum.
No surprise here. In the Harrison Square Study, consolidation will bring more people to work for city-county government. The Study suggest that having a jobs in the area (downtown) will encourage these folks to live downtown. Fort Wayne's new tool for growing its population seems to have failed. Fort Wayne has tried annexation to stem the tide of raced white flight from the core of the city. But elected official call it a more efficient and efficiency government.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Virago has more to say about Fort Wayne-Allen County Consolidation
Don't you feel it's a done deal,the consolidation that the City of Fort Wayne has been crying for, and the media in wanting to be Indy. Are these the only folks that's paying for this?? I don't think so, I believe all other taxpayers should have been consulted, instead of using a presentation to the joint meeting directed at the two all mighties..I'm talking about the City and the County. Does it sound seem like a merger with the use of the name Fort Wayne-Allen County implies that it is a done deal. If not, Fort Wayne City Council officially got the ball rolling to begin merging its governmental functions with Allen County.
If Allen should take the bait and agree with City Council in combining the two, the city and county residents will now be join together. The smugness of it all, when suggesting that public hearings will be available for the taxpayer..bullcrappy. Or the citizen will be able to vote on it..more bullcrappy, City council removed the taxpayers by rejecting the threshold clause. The elected officials did not won't the voters to interfer with them going full steam ahead.
House Bill 1362 Or Indiana Code 36.1.5 grants political subdivision the ability to merge together, that are within a certain distant of each other, exempting local hospitals. Together, the legislative bodies adopting a resolution can initiate the consolidation of power or by the filing of a voter's petition proposing a reorganization signed by five percent of the voters, as determined by the votes in the political subdivision for Secretary of the State of the most recent general election.
The most guaranteed way for a merger, is for the request to come from a majority seated legislative body, securing a do pass for its body. The next phase of an expedited process would be to include a majority seated legislative body to merge with, which would be the Allen County Commission. Like minds support the same goal.
If the merging bodies agree on a resolution. Notice, I didn't say anything about any public meetings for input from the public. The third stage is selecting a reorganization committee or drafting cooperative agreement between the merged bodies.
The Committee is free to draft, design, set rules, and policy to govern this modern government that promises to streamline government and be more efficient. The committee has broad discretion on whether or not to hold public hearings only when it deems it necessary or appropriate, which may not include input from the public but from other public subdivisions that may be impacted by such a merger.
The plan could include the elimination of jobs, switching incompetent employees with employees that are more competent or money from a more prosperous department to a less affluent department, or lift school funding from one district to another district. This will be left to the reorganization committee that will consist of appointed members and will include attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other business professionals protecting their vested interests under the promulgation of the new government.
The combinations are endless. And the voters' will is foreclosed from interfering in the process. The public meetings and the rejection threshold on the public question of the merger are eliminated. The legislature body would have allowed the committee to substitute a countywide voter approval for the referendum after the plan has been approved. The legislature body even set the limit to 50%+1 insuring that the process is not bogged down by dissenting voices. They are good I tell you. The politicians are good in pushing stuff on the paying taxpayers, because it's the taxpayers who is going to have pay for the fun and folly of the elected representatives.
The modern government will be formulated by a select few and no input from the non-elected or appointed citizens. Too much power for me, reminds me of the founding fathers in the drafting of the contract with America. And we know what happen when that happened. The people fought a war and some amendments were made to the law of the land, according to the late Justice Thurgood Marshall and Barbara Jordan. There is a promise by those in charge, that the process will be open and transparent, but that was just a ploy to mislead on a promise not codified by legislatures. I hope the heck that the folks in all the little sciffy towns rises up and put a stop to not the brighest lightbulbs in the U.S.A.
If Allen should take the bait and agree with City Council in combining the two, the city and county residents will now be join together. The smugness of it all, when suggesting that public hearings will be available for the taxpayer..bullcrappy. Or the citizen will be able to vote on it..more bullcrappy, City council removed the taxpayers by rejecting the threshold clause. The elected officials did not won't the voters to interfer with them going full steam ahead.
House Bill 1362 Or Indiana Code 36.1.5 grants political subdivision the ability to merge together, that are within a certain distant of each other, exempting local hospitals. Together, the legislative bodies adopting a resolution can initiate the consolidation of power or by the filing of a voter's petition proposing a reorganization signed by five percent of the voters, as determined by the votes in the political subdivision for Secretary of the State of the most recent general election.
The most guaranteed way for a merger, is for the request to come from a majority seated legislative body, securing a do pass for its body. The next phase of an expedited process would be to include a majority seated legislative body to merge with, which would be the Allen County Commission. Like minds support the same goal.
If the merging bodies agree on a resolution. Notice, I didn't say anything about any public meetings for input from the public. The third stage is selecting a reorganization committee or drafting cooperative agreement between the merged bodies.
The Committee is free to draft, design, set rules, and policy to govern this modern government that promises to streamline government and be more efficient. The committee has broad discretion on whether or not to hold public hearings only when it deems it necessary or appropriate, which may not include input from the public but from other public subdivisions that may be impacted by such a merger.
The plan could include the elimination of jobs, switching incompetent employees with employees that are more competent or money from a more prosperous department to a less affluent department, or lift school funding from one district to another district. This will be left to the reorganization committee that will consist of appointed members and will include attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other business professionals protecting their vested interests under the promulgation of the new government.
The combinations are endless. And the voters' will is foreclosed from interfering in the process. The public meetings and the rejection threshold on the public question of the merger are eliminated. The legislature body would have allowed the committee to substitute a countywide voter approval for the referendum after the plan has been approved. The legislature body even set the limit to 50%+1 insuring that the process is not bogged down by dissenting voices. They are good I tell you. The politicians are good in pushing stuff on the paying taxpayers, because it's the taxpayers who is going to have pay for the fun and folly of the elected representatives.
The modern government will be formulated by a select few and no input from the non-elected or appointed citizens. Too much power for me, reminds me of the founding fathers in the drafting of the contract with America. And we know what happen when that happened. The people fought a war and some amendments were made to the law of the land, according to the late Justice Thurgood Marshall and Barbara Jordan. There is a promise by those in charge, that the process will be open and transparent, but that was just a ploy to mislead on a promise not codified by legislatures. I hope the heck that the folks in all the little sciffy towns rises up and put a stop to not the brighest lightbulbs in the U.S.A.
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