An Editorial by Carla Hacker Good Morning Franklin County, Town of Brookville, Friends and Neighbors! This morning when FB asked what was on my mind, I had to pause – there’s a lot on my mind and most has to do with the spending that the BTC is doing – not just the annexation, but …
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EDITORIAL Public hearings are supposed to be where the public is allowed to speak
An editorial by Carla Hacker Good Morning Franklin County, Town of Brookville and Interested Citizens!Did you happen to read the Public Notices in the Democrat? It’s is the single most important reason we get this newspaper. It is the first thing we do when we get it: go to the back page to see what’s …
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EDITORIAL: What is the truth for those associated with BTC or Is the truth out there?
EDITORIAL BY JOHN ESTRIDGE Today we are going to play a new game. The purpose of this game is to find out if anyone affiliated with Brookville Town Council has at any time in their respective lives told the truth. And if they have told the truth sometime somewhere, which story may or may not …
EDITORIAL: How a $1.2 million bond to buy a golf course was increased by King Curtis to $2.2 million in three weeks
AN EDITORIAL By John Estridge Luke Combs, in what may be the best, most sincere lyrics ever written for the iconic song, “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” set the stage for Brookville Town Council President Curtis Ward with part of one line: “Politicians lie.” It was as if Combs and his two co-writers knew Curtis …
EDITORIAL: Brookville Police Chief Terry Mitchum berates woman in BTC meeting, one councilman laughs while the other four let it happen
AN EDITORIAL By John Estridge In covering town councils in several communities and four counties, I have experienced many, many meetings and many different council members and many different officials associated with those towns and cities. Tuesday night, September 14, was the ugliest town council meeting with the officials acting the ugliest I have ever …
EDITORIAL It will absolutely do no good, but everyone should go to all the BTC meetings and tell those (people) what you believe
By John Estridge It is the morning after the Brookville Town Council meeting where the golf course was purchased – not officially as we were all instructed – but it was purchased. I am sitting on my front porch. It is a beautiful morning if you call 100 in the shade with 210 percent humidity …
PARTIAL EDITORIAL on our new golf course purchase and much more; complete editorial to follow in awhile
By John Estridge Technically, the Town of Brookville did not buy the Brook Hill Golf Club Tuesday night, August 24, but in every other way, it did. It is just awaiting the signatures of the LLC that currently owns the golf course. I think it is safe to assume, they will take their $1 million …
EDITORIAL An addendum to my last EDITORIAL about how BTC members have gone insane and want to spend all of our money RIGHT NOW
An EDITORIAL by John Estridge At the last Brookville Town Council meeting, while the people in the crowd, in a decidedly fruitless endeavor, were trying to get BTC President Curtis Ward to admit there had never been a feasibility study for annexation – even after he told the taxpayers at each meeting for month after …
EDITORIAL Brookville residents it is now up to you: Stop the insanity or continue to be sheeple
An Editorial by John Estridge I attended my first Brookville Town Council meeting in person – since I started working on Tuesday nights — Tuesday night, August 10. My goal was to write several articles about the meeting. I really wanted to write those articles. However, at least in the Old School Journalism – what …
EDITORIAL, again: Curtis and Brooke are now bullying young people
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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