Uncertainty over how to enact, afford safeguards clouds path forward for Rocky Ripple

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  1. It is obvious Rocky Ripple is not a viable community when it comes to affording, on its own, the required fix to protect its citizens from flooding. It should wave the white flag and surrender all official functions to become a part of Indianapolis.

  2. I really don’t want my tax money used to build levees so people can live in a flood plain that we know is going to flood. If they choose to live there, they can plan to rebuild every few years when it floods — and don’t come to me to pay for the rebuilding either.

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