Archive for Reorganization Effort

Why Bargersville should support the merger

by: Jody Veldkamp March 1, 2010

For some reason the majority of the residents of Bargersville, especially those who have been recently annexed, still seem to stand firmly in opposition to the merger of the remaining unincorporated area of White River Township and Greenwood.  Why would they oppose a tax cut? If the reorganization plan is approved by the voters residents of [...]

“Box On The Ground”

by: Jody Veldkamp February 5, 2010

At the “redo” of the White River Township reorganization meeting a resident set a box used in his presentation on the narrow ledge of the desk near board member Mark Messick who has been publicly accused of pushing the box off the desk. Does he? Watch the video clip above and decide for yourself. [...]

Video of 2/1/2009 “Redo” Meeting

by: Jody Veldkamp February 2, 2010

We captured a majority of the second public meeting of the White River Township Board. The vote turned out the same, but some of the questions and people in attendance were present. We stopped recording the meeting when Trustee Jay Marks began to read into the record information from the meeting/forum he hosted in December. [...]

WRT Board listens to citizens, again

by: Dann Veldkamp February 1, 2010

It was a standing room only crowd 10-minutes before the scheduled start of the meeting. With all due respect to those who attended the first meeting, where was everyone when the Reorganization Committee was forming the plan and requesting input? Where was everyone when there was a real chance to make an impact? Why have [...]

WRT Board vote redux Monday

by: Dann Veldkamp January 31, 2010

As reported earlier,the White River Township Board is going to take a second vote on the proposal to merge Greenwood with unincorporated areas of White River Township. The meeting is tomorrow, Monday February 1, starting at 7 PM. This meeting will be held int he Center Grove Schools administration building located at 4800 W. Stones [...]