Allen County Council ignorance on display, again

Posted by Mike Sylvester - 1/1/09 @ 4:00 am - Filed Under Featured, Local Politics

Back on December 18th, 2008 the Allen County Council voted (5 in favor, 0 against, 2 abstentions) to reduce the County Commissioners to part time and to reduce their pay as of July 1st, 2009.

In an “emergency meeting” today the Allen County Council back-tracked and voted (5 in favor, no abstentions or against, 2 not present) to reverse their decision of 12 days ago.

How on Earth can the County Council unanimously change their minds on an issue like this?

Jeff Pruitt has repeatedly pointed out how dysfunctional Allen County government is.  Jeff is right.

Mike Sylvester

Comments

6 Responses to “Allen County Council ignorance on display, again”

  1. D. Corcoran on January 1st, 2009 12:27 pm

    Mike,

    Isn’t Mitch Daniels trying to force the county commissioners to consolidate to one position throughout the state ? I wonder if they did this in anticipation of that.

    It would be good to see this happen.

    Dave

  2. Keith Cumtwa on January 2nd, 2009 3:53 pm

    Its hard to take them seriously when they pull this kind of stunt.

  3. Mike Sylvester on January 2nd, 2009 5:44 pm

    Dave,

    Yes it is something that Mitch Daniels is in favor of…

    Mike

  4. D. Corcoran on January 4th, 2009 10:28 am

    If I were to give the county the benefit of the doubt (which I rarely do), I would assume if they suspect there to be only one position (mandated by the State) - it would not make sense to cut pay to part time and then try to request a pay raise once it is only one person.

  5. John Colgate on January 5th, 2009 11:24 am

    “Taxation without representation is……”!

  6. John on January 5th, 2009 5:14 pm

    I’m sorry to say in my opinion the ignorance was displayed with in the first meeting. The job of county comissioner is in no way a part-time job. It’s a full-time job that requires a lot of work and thought.

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