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Lowest Price is Not Always the Lowest Cost
In: Transparency
23 Feb 2010
Government purchasing is usually simple: Ask businesses to provide quotes (bids) for goods or services, compare the prices, and pick the lowest one. Last night, the Plymouth Board of Works followed this typical path and may end up spending more tax dollars in the long-term as a result.
How is this possible? The Board of [...]
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- Tags: waste
How to Become a Candidate for Local Office
In: How-to| Transparency
21 Jan 2010On Wednesday I went down the Marshall County Clerk’s Office and filed my paperwork to become a candidate in the May primary for the District 4 Seat on the Marshall County Council. This is the first time that I have ever filed for office. Surprisingly, becoming a candidate in Indiana is very simple**.
Decide that you [...]
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Council Denies Request for Evening Meetings
15 Nov 2009Last week, the Marshall County Council decided by a 5-2 vote to keep the meetings in the morning. This is a disappointing outcome, however; I am pleased that council member Ralph Booker accepted my argument that meeting at 9am excludes 85% of the tax payers from the meetings.
Here is the audio from the November meeting [...]
Night Meetings Empower the People
4 Nov 2009“Freedom is participation in power.” These words were spoken over two-thousand years ago by the Roman orator Cicero. By accepting this definition of freedom, we must also accept that freedom is in jeopardy here in Marshall County. Our County Council and Commissioners choose to meet during the morning hours. According to [...]
Why I'm Running
I believe in transparency and openness. County Council meetings should take place in the evening and not the morning when most people cannot attend. We should have full visibility to Council spending. I firmly believe that the tax payers deserve to know if their money is well spent, or simply wasted.
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