An EDITORIAL by John Estridge Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 2, during a special meeting and in less than two minutes three Brookville Town Council members voted to sign an engagement letter with Bose McKinney and Evans, an Indianapolis law firm, in the event felony charges against two council members are levied as a result of a …
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Brookville taxpayers pledged to hire Indianapolis law firm for BTC due to ongoing ISP investigation
By John Estridge It took 1:54 for Brookville Town Council to hire the Indianapolis law firm Bose McKinney & Evans to represent the town, if needed, due to the ongoing Indiana State Police investigation into BTC President Curtis Ward and BTC Member Chuck Campbell. The state police opened an investigation concerning Conflict of Interest, a …
Public Access Counselor rules BTC’s Tuesday afternoon meeting is legal meeting
By John Estridge Tuesday afternoon’s BTC meeting is a legal meeting. Indiana’ Public Access Counselor Luke Britt said it does not matter the town office was closed for business on Friday when the special meeting notice was posted on its door window. He said the fact it was before 5:30 p.m., made the meeting a …
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EDITORIAL/Analysis READI Grant, Residential TIF District and “voluntary” annexation, how all of it hurts us and makes Curtis Ward and his buds wealthier: One of two EDITORIAL/Analysis, Please read both
By John Estridge My plan was to write one editorial/analysis on the timeline surrounding the Curtis Ward/Chuck Campbell/Brookville Town Council calamity that will negatively affect every taxpayer in Brookville and possibly in the entire county, especially Snob Knob, Snob Hill or whatever one wants to call it. However, the part about the READI Grant and …
EDITORIAL and analysis concerning the timeline leading to the theft of our tax money to enrich wealthy people: ONE OF TWO
By John Estridge It does not take Sherlock Holmes to figure out why we Brookville taxpayers have purchased a Pig in a Poke Golf Course and are about to annex Snob Knob or Snob Hill or whatever you want to call it. Here is a little timeline concerning what has occurred since July 7 to …
Petitions are going to DLGF
By John Estridge Retired Franklin County Sheriff Ken Murphy did the research. He found out how to appeal the Brookville 2022 Budget to the state agency designed to approve or not approve local government entities’ budgets. It takes 25 signatures on a petition. Ken and myself took it around and got the required number of …
Petition for a DLGF hearing on Brookville Town Budget
By John Estridge Some Brookville town residents and myself are circulating a petition for the Division of Local Government Finance to hold a public hearing concerning the proposed 2022 Brookville Town Budget. It is a simple petition: “Pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-17-16.1, the undersigned taxpayers of the Town of Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana do hereby …
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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 …
Part VIII of BTC’s August 24 meeting: We don’t need no stinkin’ research or beware when using Brookville Town Park for the advertising signs and flying discs
By John Estridge EDITOR’S NOTE AND EDITORIAL COMMENT: This is the eighth of a multi-part transcription of the August 24 Brookville Town Council meeting’s pertinent parts relating to the 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, …