To the Editor The motto of the current Huntingburg City Administration is “to serve the people”. They certainly lived up to that promise when a private drive, which is not in the corporate limits of Huntingburg, recently received extensive maintenance work using Huntingburg equipment, personnel and resources. Such practices are an affront to the taxpaying…
TOP TEN REASONS TO REPEAL THE BIOMASS DECISION It’s not too late to learn and correct course. 10. “Do unto those downstream [downwind] as you would have those upstream [upwind] do unto you.” —Wendell Berry 9. Government inadequately informs and protects the public. The Ohio Valley already produces far more electricity (approx. 15,000 MW) than…
On Sunday, September 11th, 2011, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this tenth anniversary of one of our country’s worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their lives…
To the people. In January of 2011 our department was reorganized to better the everyday performance. We had to take our full time Detective Sgt and put him on shift work. This left the county without a detective, however it helped with managing everyday responsibilities. With the manpower that we had in January through the…
To The Editor The recent vote in by the City Council in favor of the Twisted Oak proposal reflects acceptance of the “Review” by Dr. Shaddix as an “evaluation”. It is not. The vote reflects lack of diligence—I doubt anyone in the group read all the references offered by Dr. Shaddix to see what they…
Concerning BioMass: I do agree that all sides must be looked at for any final decision that affects the public. Environmental toxins should not be dismissed for they will and have caused havoc to our immune systems. Yet our internal environments, which we feed daily with foods that have little or no value, wreak havoc…
[sj] With public hearing on the Biomass proposal for leasing Jasper’s Power Plant now behind us, and the unlikeliness of another public hearing, I think it is important to respectfully request the city council to hold a city wide vote by residents who are registered to vote. I feel this is the fairest way and…
Any expectation of accountability on the part of the city seems to result in disappointment if not nausea. The prospect of the city showing up for a true debate then seeing the bias shown by our representatives who have “not made up their minds” was hopefully illuminating. Anyone questioning this should be forced to watch…
Over the last year, many have engaged in the debate over the outcome of the Jasper power plant. While watching the process unfold, your local TEA Party group, the Freedom Makers, decided to follow the political process. We saw that information was hard to come by. We also observed a very vocal base of biomass…
Someone in my neighborhood refuses to haul off their bags of garbage! I’m talking lots of garbage! It sits in their garage for months on end. A year and a half ago, when their garage would no longer contain it, I complained to my City Code Enforcement Officer. It took six months of calling him…
