tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3950418973030312502..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14740766417880765612008-12-30T06:24:00.000-05:002008-12-30T06:24:00.000-05:00Well, here's one topic you and I agree on again. I wish this would become a priority for most Hosoiers.<BR/><BR/>It has become sickening that public employees are siting on city council and legislature chairs.<BR/><BR/>It's more corrupt and backward than township gov't, which I loathe.<BR/><BR/>Keep on this Gary!truthbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053781562590623343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-80400026833710046902008-12-28T13:04:00.000-05:002008-12-28T13:04:00.000-05:00Well, I figure this issue is probably a non-issue in a chamber as big as the state house, but on a county level your vote may have enough weight to make a big difference in how the vote goes, and I'm certain there's plenty of back scratching.<BR/><BR/>Getting rid of the township assessors was a big help, I'm certain that the ability to devalue your own house and the houses of government officials for tax purposes had its payoffs.<BR/><BR/>You'll see that the assessors are screaming bloody murder ofer a job that pays $4k or $5k a year, nobody would fight that hard for such minimal pay unless they were getting something on the side.<BR/><BR/>The next thing that needs to go are township trustees, consolidate all of those into a county office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-12001585686052629512008-12-28T10:09:00.000-05:002008-12-28T10:09:00.000-05:00Isn't this the same as state teachers serving in the General Assembly ?<BR/><BR/>JOhn Barnes will be the new state senator from my neck of the woods, where he can and will vote on legislation favorable to his own pocketbook.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05237857691537702382noreply@blogger.com