In the State Senate yesterday, the Town Of Fishers won a quiet victory. A bill sponsored by Sens. Drozda and Gard that would have wrenched the tool of involuntary annexation away from the municipalities of Indiana failed by a 1 vote margin.
Perhaps if the bill had not included the retroactive component (aimed squarely at the geist annexation action by Fishers) it may have passed. Of course the gUO had probably insisted that this component of the bill remain and the pandering politician Sen. Beverly Gard was all too happy to oblige.
Admittedly, the vote was close. The bright spot that I see was the Nay vote by Sen. Luke Kenley (R) - Noblesville. Sen Kenley has my vote to be the next Governor of Indiana. He is smart and like a good business man understands how to finance government. He obviously made a tough choice here and I consider him to be a FoF, "Friend of Fishers". Here are the roll call votes of central Indiana Senators.
Altig (R)-N
Boots (R)-Y
Bray (R)-Y
Breaux (D)-N
Delph (R) Carmel-Y
Drozda (R) Westfield-Y
Errington (D) Muncie-N
Gard (R) Fishers-Y
Hershman (R)-N, Then Y
Howard (D)-DNV
Jackman (R)-N, Then Y
Kenley (R) Noblesville-N
Lawson (R)-Y
Lanane (D) Anderson-N
Lubbers (R)-Y
Merritt (R)-Y
Miller (R)-Y
Simpson (D)-N
Walker (R)-Y
Waltz (R)-N
Waterman (R)-Excused, Then Y
Young (R)-N
I have to chuckle over the fact that only TWO Senate Dems. voted Yea on this bill. This should give everyone pause when they consider a Dem. for any elected office. The lone Dem. that ran for Fishers Town Council campaigned on responsive government, fiscal irresponsibility by the FTC and how the annexation of geist was soooo morally wrong. He was even arrogant enough to say that he would oppose the geist annexation even if a majority of the residents of Fishers were in favor...responsive government? Well, I guess this just means that he is woefully out of touch with his Dem. leadership in the Statehouse.
So, on we go, towards the ultimate destination of the annexation of geist. I'll sure be thinking about the gUO trudging through the cold February weather collecting the petition signatures for their doomed remonstrance. Blowing almost a half-a-million dollars of other peoples money just to save a few thousand a year for themselves...why don't they just GIVE UP?
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Senate Bill passed!
he he he
Yeah the Senators got out the defibralator and rescucitated it right back to life. We'll see how it fares in the House. I'll be sure to rub it in extra good and hard if it dies by March.
Maybe this guy running against Gard will be a problem
Well JQFR, you have a problem in this election. Both Sen. Gard and her Democratic opponent, Mike Brinegar, are OPPOSED to forced annexation. And Joe Weingarten just might get elected to the State House, as he has knocked on 5000 doors and Kathy Richardson ZERO.
And now Geist annexation cannot go into effect before the pre-census period anyway. Guess you and your lying friends on the FTC lose again.
I don't see a problem. At least the annexation case will have been brought before a judge before the EOY. No more back-room retroactive annexation ban deals. Brinegar will say whatever it takes to get elected. Joe Blow hasn't got a chance. He isn't welcome at any of the doors outside of geist and he knows it.
The great thing about municipalities (something geist will NEVER be) is that they are long-lived and patient. Hey, at least you'll have plenty of time to pull up stakes and move away before your impending tax increase. Good luck finding a more reasonable tax rate anywhere...anywhere except Alaska maybe. See ya!
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