Quote of the Week

Thursday, July 31, 2008 by Mark Miles

As the debate over local government reform starts to heat up, township officials across Indiana are fueling the fire by debating pay raises for themselves, as reported in the Indianapolis Star earlier this week. 

The Kernan-Shepard Commission on government efficiency calls for the elimination of our antiquated system of township government, and at least one township official in the Star story seems to agree:  Mick Hickam, the 26-year trustee in Hendricks County's Guilford Township, is quoted as saying, "We have too many layers of government.  [The townships’ work] can be done by other people."

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