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By John Estridge EDITOR’S NOTE AND EDITORIAL COMMENT: This is the second of a multi-part transcription of the August 24 Brookville Town Council meeting’s pertinent parts relating to Golf Course Purchase, Zimmer Building Purchase and Frisbee Golf Course. I wanted to break this down into parts because it will be a very long piece, if …
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By John Estridge This is the first of a multi-part transcription of the August 24 Brookville Town Council meeting’s pertinent parts relating to Golf Course Purchase, Zimmer Building Purchase and Frisbee Golf Course. They are going to be printed in this series. I wanted to break this down into parts because it will be a …
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By John Estridge Brookville Town Council will hold an executive session about purchasing a property or properties at 7 p.m., Monday, August 23. Council meets 24 hours later in a public session. There could be several properties the council members could be talking about in the executive session: the Zimmer property off High Street — …
By John Estridge Brookville Town Council is going to pay the county $50,000 to knock down the former Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance building at the intersection of Ninth and Mill streets in Brookville. INDOT has moved its operation to Indiana 101 north of its intersection with Golden Road. BTC President Curtis Ward said there …
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An editorial by John Estridge I have tried to use mirth in discussing the Brookville Town Council proclivities for bullying and really bad decision making. However, with recent events, there must be a much deeper, more serious approach. Curtis, Brooke, bullying young women at the pool? How much courage does that take? I would ask …
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By John Estridge Dear Curtis and Brooke How are you? I am doing fine. Well, I have done better. It seems like I was having a much better time living here in Brookville before you, Curtis, became a president, and you, Brooke, became a vice president or male dictator and female dictator. Really, what is …
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Franklin County Commissioners notice of executive session Franklin County Commissioners and Brookville Town Council are going to meet in a joint executive session at 3 p.m., Friday, July 30 in the Commissioners Room at the Franklin County Government Center, which is directly behind the current Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is “The purchase …
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By John Estridge At least three Brookville Town Council members, especially the council president, disparaged a county employee and the Franklin County Commissioners in an open meeting without asking questions or seeking their input but just relying on an analysis of timecard information. This occurred near the end of the Brookville Town County July 13 …
By John Estridge Eight days ago in answering two questions about Brookville’s new town hall with there is nothing to update, Brookville Town Council President Curt Ward apparently has something to update. But the public is not invited. Brookville Town Council will hold an executive session prior to the public meeting on Tuesday, July 27. …
EDITORIAL by John Estridge The new town hall the citizens of Brookville are going to get come hell or high water, and we have had a bunch of high water lately, and regardless whether anyone, much less a majority of town taxpayers want it, was briefly discussed at the Brookville Town Council July 13 meeting. …