Comments on: Township Government out of control! http://www.centergroveinc.org/2010/04/30/township-out-of-control/ Following the future of White River Township Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MARK DEVOE http://www.centergroveinc.org/2010/04/30/township-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 MARK DEVOE Mon, 03 May 2010 21:45:15 +0000 http://www.centergroveinc.org/?p=3779#comment-1444 I suspect that even if Mr. Marks had sold the bantam property for $1.2mill, it would have done the taxpayers no good. He would have just banked the cash and continued to ask for the maximum tax levy. That is what happened to the cash that was saved when the Admin Building was sold. Unless cash accumulated by the Trustee translates to a reduction in the property tax rate there is no benefit to the residents of WRT. I suspect that even if Mr. Marks had sold the bantam property for $1.2mill, it would have done the taxpayers no good. He would have just banked the cash and continued to ask for the maximum tax levy. That is what happened to the cash that was saved when the Admin Building was sold. Unless cash accumulated by the Trustee translates to a reduction in the property tax rate there is no benefit to the residents of WRT.

]]> By: Joe http://www.centergroveinc.org/2010/04/30/township-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Joe Mon, 03 May 2010 03:44:18 +0000 http://www.centergroveinc.org/?p=3779#comment-1437 I am amazed that after all this time, people do not understand how the merger law works in this state. The merger committee turned in such a bad plan that spending a single dollar, much less $20,000 far too early in the process, was wasteful. It's too bad that the trustee couldn't have trumpted his role in selling a $1.2 million dollar property for $250,000 as loudly as he fought the merger. The Bantam Football League hadn't been a non-profit for 18 years and had to re-apply with the state in order to buy the property. I am amazed that after all this time, people do not understand how the merger law works in this state.

The merger committee turned in such a bad plan that spending a single dollar, much less $20,000 far too early in the process, was wasteful.

It’s too bad that the trustee couldn’t have trumpted his role in selling a $1.2 million dollar property for $250,000 as loudly as he fought the merger. The Bantam Football League hadn’t been a non-profit for 18 years and had to re-apply with the state in order to buy the property.

]]> By: Don Hanlin http://www.centergroveinc.org/2010/04/30/township-out-of-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Don Hanlin Mon, 03 May 2010 03:36:22 +0000 http://www.centergroveinc.org/?p=3779#comment-1436 This morning at my church's coffee hour, a former state senator told me that, while every other unit of local government is trying to cover the cost of essential services, townships all over the state have huge surpluses of cash. It's time to reform and streamline local government and the first step should be the elimination of townships. They might have made sense in the 19th Century when they had lots of functions (eg. public education) but today they do nothing but encourage "featherbedding" and waste money. When I was in the legislature we repealed the full crew law which required that all trains (even those not powered by coal) have firemen in the cabs as they crossed the state. Of course, the firemen wanted to keep the job with no duties. In spite of the problem it created for them, I voted to repeal the law. It's now time to do the same to all of township government. This morning at my church’s coffee hour, a former state senator told me that, while every other unit of local government is trying to cover the cost of essential services, townships all over the state have huge surpluses of cash. It’s time to reform and streamline local government and the first step should be the elimination of townships. They might have made sense in the 19th Century when they had lots of functions (eg. public education) but today they do nothing but encourage “featherbedding” and waste money. When I was in the legislature we repealed the full crew law which required that all trains (even those not powered by coal) have firemen in the cabs as they crossed the state. Of course, the firemen wanted to keep the job with no duties. In spite of the problem it created for them, I voted to repeal the law. It’s now time to do the same to all of township government.

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