The County Council voted to take $276,514 from the road paving fund to restore several positions that were eliminated by a previous council. I’ll say that again, from the road paving fund. This one of the dumbest actions I have seen in Madison County politics.
Does anyone out there have a road or a street that needs paving? Surely the people of the county cannot be in favor of this mismanagement of taxpayers’ dollars. This is another example of county officials thinking their function is to hire people instead of using as few people as possible to accomplish a task.
This action does away with the need for a wheel tax because our council does not properly use the money that is in the road repair budget.
Robert Marsh
Anderson
Letters
January 23, 2013
Letter: Money should go to road repair, not jobs
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Letter: Community has witnessed Dr. Campbell's good works
Dr. Frank Campbell has practiced medicine in the Anderson community for over 40 years.
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Letter: Big Brother is listening; what is he learning?
Big Brother is listening. If you are too young to know where this came from, read George Orwell's "1984." Old George was just 29 years ahead of his time.
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Letter: County did not need tax on transportation
Wheel tax! The straw that broke the back for many. Note the number who have been forced to file for bankruptcy and the number in foreclosure on homes.
- Viewpoint: Theatrics displayed in County Council's wheel tax vote I was present at the Madison County Council meeting on May 13 to discuss reinstating the wheel tax. I was both amused and amazed by the theatrics that transpired.
- Letter: Indy 500 had strong Anderson presence What a day for Anderson at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 500-mile race! Sitting in the pole position was Ed Carpenter, son-in-law of Alberta and Todd Pettigrew of Anderson.
- Letter: Stand against segregation upheld In the early ’60s, Sister Mary, Sister Cletus and others of The Congregation of Holy Cross (CCS) served on a committee for the United Way.
- Letter: Letter carriers collected 49,785 pounds of food On behalf of the NALC Branch 489 (Anderson Post Office), I would like to thank everyone who donated food or made a monetary donation to our May 11 food drive.
- Letter: Rein in government officials' million I want to know how at the time officials are sworn into office they have estates worth "X" amount. But, after a few years in office, their wealth has risen by millions?
- Letter: States rights crowd are obstructionists Wall Street and the Republicans want the Internal Revenue Department restructured. Yeah — like so they pay no taxes. They also want the states running their own affairs (states rights).
- Letter: Only 3 councilmen listened to public As Kojak would say,“ Who loves ya, baby?”
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Letter: Community has witnessed Dr. Campbell's good works
