All county residents should share the cost, not just property owners. Unfortunately, no logical alternatives exist. It is necessary for the county to have a development commission, and it is necessary for that commission to spend money. Businesses just do not decide on a whim that they will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to open a shop in a community. If we can ever expect to attract businesses to this area we must continue to fund an organized and professional commission to handle inquiries.
Indifference is a killer and apathy follows closely behind indifference.
Allow plenty of input from people, inform them of the plan and progress of discussions, and adopt a new income tax. Make it a fair and reasonable amount. The Vincennes Sun-Commercial s latest addition to the Sunday edition. Oaktown, IN Copyright 2001 Vincennes Sun-Commercial.