Archive for Commentary

It is up to you, many people don’t understand that

by: Jody Veldkamp January 10, 2010

I continue to hear people say the council and the board voted to “approve” the merger proposal. I guess it could be semantics but if you actually listen closely to the White River Township Boards comments (see the story and video here) actually what they did was what I would hope would happen. Our government [...]

Short term “pain” for long term gain?

by: Dann Veldkamp December 22, 2009

(Contributed by Ryan Rhoten) If you had to choose between the two, sports or politics, which would you choose?  No doubt politics can be painful and sports bring an immediate rush. Tonight many of you will make a choice between the two. Which will you choose? Before you answer consider this, they both cost you [...]

Trustee townhall: All negative, no solutions

by: Dann Veldkamp December 16, 2009

(Commentary) Here are my thoughts after Tuesday night’s town hall meeting, hosted by Jay Marks the White River Township Trustee. I was pleased to see the high attendance; although more representation from younger residents in the northern part of the township would be have been a positive thing. No fault to Mr. Marks on this [...]

We say “Let the voters decide”

by: Jody Veldkamp December 15, 2009

At the Tuesday December 8 joint meeting in a comment before the council and White River Township board I (Jody) asked the board and council to approve the plan no matter how they feel. My comments came when the township board asked for public comments. After nearly a year of research and planning we have [...]

Trustee to host public meeting Tuesday

by: Dann Veldkamp December 12, 2009

Jay Marks, the White River Trustee, is hosting a public forum Tuesday. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 PM in the Center Grove High School auditorium. CenterGroveInc.org will stream the video from the meeting. It will be an “open mike” format with a panel that includes Mr. Marks, the township attorney, and the [...]