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Township Government
Township offices have to go
March 2, 2009
Leaders on both sides of the aisle have called for streamlining township government, and it's time to demand that our legislators
make those changes.
MoreTownship jobs offer benefits, money for little work
February 23, 2009
Abdul-Hakim ShabazzJust like Willie Sutton, who liked to rob banks because that's where the money was, I'm going to get myself a job in township government because, "There is gold in them thar hills."
Unigov 2.0 isn't just about savings
February 2, 2009
Saving money may be the bottom-line reason for reforming local government, but that's only one of the benefits.
MoreCenter Township's Drummer stepping down
January 29, 2009
Center Township Trustee Carl Drummer intends to resign from his post to take a lobbying job with Ice Miller LLP, according
to a WISH-TV Channel 8 report.
MoreGovernment reform effort long overdue
December 29, 2008
Critics were lined up to oppose Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to streamline
local government almost before he left the podium Dec. 19. Big surprise.
MoreAssessor consolidation is a must
November 3, 2008
We have a long-standing policy of not endorsing political candidates, but there's no such policy where ballot initiatives
are concerned. So we urge our readers to vote "yes" on assessor consolidation.
MoreResidents to decide fate of township assessors
November 3, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerIn this election, citizens must decide whether the assessing duties of the elected township assessor in the township should
be transferred to the county assessor.
MoreTrustee inches toward redeveloping property portfolio
February 11, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerCenter Township Trustee Carl Drummer and his predecessors have stockpiled more than money over the years. The trustee's office
also holds a portfolio of mostly undeveloped properties worth at least $10 million. Several key parcels have been on the trustee's
books-and off the tax rolls-for decades. Drummer has made some progress in finding uses for the properties since an IBJ special
report first questioned his holdings in November 2006. But it would have to be measured in inches. The most...
MoreEx-member: Township board 'bored by the budget'
February 11, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerAlthough he collects an average $6.9 million each year for poor relief, mostly from taxes, Center Township Trustee Carl Drummer
is rarely asked to explain his finances. Drummer's budget is filed-unread-each year in the Indianapolis City Controller's
office. The 66-employee Indiana Department of Local Government Finance reviews it, along with budgets from every other taxing
entity in the state. Year-end reports go to the State Board of Accounts, a 282-worker agency that conducts 2,700 to 3,000
audits of Indiana counties,...
MoreSPECIAL REPORT: Center Township trustee taps taxpayers for millions
February 11, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerAt an aging building at 863 Massachusetts Ave., they pass through a metal detector and wait in line to show a clerk their
identification and copies of overdue bills. Center Township Trustee Carl Drummer sometimes helps. The Trustee's Office received
an average of $6.9 million each of the last seven years, mostly from taxes, to provide poor relief-now known as township assistance.
But only about $2 million reached the penniless each year, with much of the difference covering administrative overhead....
MoreCritics question trustee's property portfolio given mission to help needy
November 20, 2006
Tom MurphyCenter Township has real estate holdings worth more than $10 million, according to IBJ research. The township's robust
real estate portfolio—highly unusual for an Indiana township—fits Trustee Carl L. Drummer's vision for his
taxpayer-supported office. But it makes others see red.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.