- Reorg: The Fat Lady has not sung
White River Residents-do not want merger. ENOUGH SAID. "D... by RICHARD & LINDA DOKMANOVICH - Bargersville, don’t divide to conquer
The current township board, for all of their flaws, at least... by Joe - Merger Stalled until 2012
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Business sense & water rates
The good news is that the Bargersville Town Council wants more time to study the issue of building a new water treatment plant and raising customer rates 77%. The not so surprising news is that common sense approaches to the issue came from customers, not the utility company masquerading as a town (see
Reorganization, over for good?
Is it really over? Is White River Township once again the wild west of annexation and potentially residents without a town? The township attorney appears to think so based on comments in today’s Daily Journal. White River Township board member Mark Messick isn’t so sure but he also didn’t say that the reorganization issue can be changed to appear on the 2012 ballot. Are we back to square one? Do we have
Bargersville water to increase 77%
If your water is supplied by Bargersville you have the opportunity to be heard about the proposed 77% incresase in your water bill. A public meeting will be held Tuesday, August 24 at 7pm. The meeting will be held at the Bargersville Town Hall (
Roundabout Directions
It’s 8 PM Tuesday and the barricades are still in place. But, if all goes as planned, the new roundabout at the intersection of Morgantown and Fairview should be open sometime tomorrow. Living just west of the project, across from Pleasant Grove Elementary, my wife and I have been in a perfect location to watch the progress of the project. And the progress has been swift. Since my first visit over the July 4 holiday I’ve
Merger Stalled until 2012
It’s the dog days of summer and the dog just bit us in the… In an incredible turn of events, the citizen’s vote on the Greenwood/White River Township merger will be delayed until 2012! For the second time in about five months Greenwood has failed to file the needed paperwork with County Clerk Jill Jackson. The proposal, which was first intended for the primary election ballot earlier this year, will not go before the
Incorporation?
We seem to get the same old story from everyone, you have two choices, vote for merger, or be left out in the cold to be gobbled up by Bargersville or become an island of unincorporated homes. What about incorporation of the Town of Center Grove? It’s been talked about, it’s been studied, people have stood up at public meetings and said, “Our taxes are going to go up no matter what happens so we might as well
Bargersville Water – A rational perspective
I have lived in WRT since 1973, and have been a customer of Bargersville Utilities since 1973, and yes, we do have very good water. Having lived in the area for 37 years, I have seen a number of issues and disagreements between Bargersville and the City of Greenwood. However, I do not understand why the Bargersville Town Council would take such financially punitive action against the citizens – customers in WRT, especially
Bargersville: A utility company with a town council
According to their website “The Town of Bargersville owns the following utilities: Power & Light, Sanitation, Storm Water, and Water Works.” (view it here). On the “Welcome To Bargersville” sign it says something to the effect of “your low cost utility…”. Bargersville is basically a utility company
Bargersville Water: Some customer more equal than others
In George Orwell’s classic book Animal Farm, when the animals took over the farm they made seven rules. After a period of time rule number seven evolved into “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” It appears that Bargersville Water is taking a similar approach concerning its customers. The proposal will raise the rates of Bargesville residents by less than 20%, while the rate
Public Hearing…Third time’s the charm (We hope)
There have been at least six public hearings on the various permutations of the reorganization proposal between Greenwood and White River Township (WRT). But, I have yet been to a single meeting where the proposal was actually distributed. Both Greenwood and WRT leaders rather rely on sites such as this one and their official site to distribute the proposal than make them easily available at the meetings. This pattern was