My Letter to the Senators, House Representatives

Several of you have asked me “what did you say to the Senators and Representatives?” Here is a copy of the e-mail I sent to each of them:

Dear Indiana Senators and House Representatives:

There are two proposed bills being introduced next week by Senator Gard that many residents of Indiana are supporting: SB 161 & SB 112. These were discussed last week in the Senate Government and Elections Committee hearing and the overall feeling of many on that committee was one of “these don’t go far enough”.

Several statewide forced annexations are going on with no oversight, many procedural violations, and at a high cost to both the municipalities and citizen caught in the forced annexation crosshairs.

Residents statewide have bonded together and started a web site at http://annexreform.com. My neighbors at Geist have already raised $90,000 to fight the Town of Fishers in their proposed annexation and have a web site at http://saynotofishers.com. The Town of Fishers has violated several procedural statutes to annex around these residents, violations which the residents will have to fight in court to get overruled.

To date, only four forced annexations have been brought to court in Indiana…all four were overruled by a judge.

We suggest that a moratorium be put into affect until an oversight committee can be put into place to prevent other procedurally flawed forced annexations from taking place. The residents of Muncie, Geist Reservoir, Southwest Clay, Home Place, Jeffersonville, Whitestown (now Fayette), Anderson, and Pendleton all appreciate your support of these legislative amendments.

 

Best regards,

Tom Britt, Publisher

http://atGeist.com

http://atFishers.com

Lawrence Township resident

(home address)

317-823-5060

317-536-3030 fax