CHEERS
... to the police departments in Jeffersonville and Clarksville and the Clark County Sheriff’s Department for dropping excessive fees for incident reports.
Just days after an Evening News article and editorial, those three departments — the three in Clark County charging more than the 10-cents-per-page allowed by Indiana code — told the newspaper they would no longer charge for incident reports. They join the Charlestown and Sellersburg departments in that regard.
Once the error was pointed out, in print, to the departments, they responded in a positive way, and that’s a positive for our community.
— Editor Shea Van Hoy
JEERS
... to more credit card controversy in Jeffersonville.
Following findings of wayward spending by Clerk-Treasurer Peggy Wilder in a state audit late last year, a credit card was recently issued to Roger Hardy, information technology director, even though he wasn’t officially approved by the city council to have one just yet.
We’re not blaming Hardy, as it’s easy to understand why he thought it was OK to get a card. The council had asked its attorney, Larry Wilder, to draft an amendment to a credit card ordinance which would allow Hardy and another city employee to have a card. It’s just that the amendment hasn’t been presented and voted on by the council.
The clerk-treasurer’s office gave Hardy the paperwork to fill out to get a card and sent along a copy of the meeting minutes with the amendment language to the bank as proof he could have one.
The problem, again, is oversight. Someone at the clerk-treasurer’s office should be in charge of this process.
Then again, the clerk-treasurer’s recent history with credit cards hasn’t exactly inspired confidence.
— Editor Shea Van Hoy
READER JEER
.... Shame on you, shame on you, shame on you Greater Clark County Schools Board, for giving such a high salary and all the extras to the new superintendent. This takes much-needed capital from teachers’ salaries, programs and construction which makes for a great, not just good, school system. Our teachers are the ones that not only teach our students, but nurture them daily — thanks teachers!
I have heard retirees, such as I am, say, “I have no children in school so I am not interested in what goes on.” Think again and look at your tax bill.
The single highest expenditure is for schools, and therefore all taxpayers are bearing this extreme burden.
It was not a good decision for all Clark County — not just the students, but mostly for the students!
Thank you,
— Miriam E. White, Charlestown
Do you have someone or something to cheer or jeer? Submissions should be sent to Editor Shea Van Hoy at shea.vanhoy@newsandtribune.com or by mail at 221 Spring St., Jeffersonville, IN 47130.
Columns
CHEERS & JEERS: June 6, 2009
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CLERE: Walkout is absurd
The walkout by Indiana House Democrats entered its third week yesterday as tensions continued to rise and misinformation proliferated.
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LADD: New Albany has new energy
New Albany is evolving. Public art has become more prevalent in the downtown, drawing more locals and outside visitors to our community; bringing more publicity.
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BEAM: Just smile
Whispers will soon abound outside of school as the corporation enters negotiations this summer with the teacher’s union over a new contract. Aides are not covered under the union.
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HOWEY: Keeping Peyton in the Hoosier pantheon
The critics of keeping Manning suggest he would return to a team struggling to contend. I’m not buying that. The Colts were decimated for a second consecutive year with injuries, particularly on defense. With the top choice in each round, they can quickly reset, as San Francisco and Cincinnati did this year.
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CUMMINS: How to live a stable life
Then I heard Newt Gingrich say that he will establish a colony on the moon by the end of his second term. I’d vote for him if he would go.
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VAN HOY: What’s the point, anyway?
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DODD: Taking shots with the mayor
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NASH: We have to share the road
They are very predictable and almost every one of them say the same thing. They throw around words like “menace” and claim that the roads were meant for automobiles. It is always the same argument that bicycle riders don’t pay taxes and should be registered and be forced to get insurance just like cars.
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STAWAR: Our family strategic plan
Objective 1: Consult tax professional to determine if contributions to job-seeking son, who has a college degree in fine arts, constitutes a charitable deduction (like supporting The Fund for the Arts).
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HARBESON: Recycling: Will it ever stop coming around?
Is the Clark County mandatory recycling program finally against the ropes?
I hope so because I really don’t want to write yet another sequel to this sordid tale that would surely smell worse than Rocky’s armpits. - More Columns Headlines
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