Another Conflict Of Interest In Local Government
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 5/31/08 @ 1:52 am - Filed Under Local Politics
A county board on Wednesday opened the door to a massive new housing development near Cedar Creek in northern Allen County and, in doing so, to a potential conflict of interest.
The owner of the land, which covers almost a quarter-square-mile in a part of Perry Township renowned for preserved natural areas, is Charles Bodenhafer, president of the Allen County Plan Commission. The commission is set to review the proposal next month.
Will Bodenhafer actually vote on a project that puts money in his pocket? Could there be a more blatant conflict of interest? It never ceases to amaze me what kind of shady dealings are going on around here.
On a related note commissioner Nelson Peters told me that the county plan commission will need to fill a spot with a Democratic member. So if you’re a Democrat reading this and you want to put an end to these shenanigans then call commissioner Peters and request to be put on the commission. Then again if you’re reading FWP and want to draw a line in the sand on this kind of nonsense then you have no chance in hell of actually being selected…
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Obviously he should not vote on this issue.
Furthermore projects like this go directly against Plan-it-Allen.
Projects like this make it more difficult to encourage growth downtown.
Those of you who support Harrison Square and want to keep spending millions of tax dollars downtown should start opposing projects like this.
Mike Sylvester
Didn’t Ed Rousseau do that when he was County Commissioner?