After three months of coverage, I can’t believe that the election and referenda is here.
I hope that you’ve found the previous articles, as well as those in this issue, useful in understanding the factors in the town vs. reorganized city vs. second-class city debate.
I’ve witnessed a lot of sneaky actions on the part of everyone involved.
Disingenuous statements. Pieces instead of the whole story presented. Tempers bubbling over.
I’ve never felt such pressure to get through the murkiness of politics and make calls on what is newsworthy and worthy of my limited community news space in Current.
In the end, much like Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard told me a couple weeks back, there isn’t really a bad choice for Fishers, it seems.
People seem to like the town the way it is. Some want to try their hands at eliminating government with the chance of saving some money. People debate how likely that is, but local governance won’t really change that much. And a group wants to see Fishers be a city with a real mayor. Whatever you think about Carmel, keep in mind that there must be cities all over the United States that are ran just fine.
When the smoke clears on Nov. 7, Fishers will still be Fishers. It just comes down to what you want to see happen.
I’ll say it one more time: This is a rare opportunity as American citizens to really determine who is in charge.
It’s almost difficult to imagine just what will fill the void once this is all over. You can talk about predicting what kinds of other community news will be the focal point, considering the coverage before this all became timely, but I’d like to point out that it’s hard to predict what the big story is going to be when a community can provide metal bands to write about it, veterans to talk to and other incredible people to chat with.
I’m looking forward to the election and referendum being over.