EDITORIAL: Legislature's biggest loser -- local government reform

The Journal Gazette

In the perennial exercise of labeling winners and losers in the legislative process, local government reform should not be overlooked among the latter. To that column, add taxpayers, who continue to be poorly served by a government structure that includes 1,008 townships with more than 4,000 elected officials.

Rep. Ed Delaney, D-Indianapolis, made sure his colleagues didn't leave the Statehouse without a reminder. "One of the things we should have done is make our government better and make it cost less," he said, noting that the session began and ended with the same number of school districts, township trustees, boards and commissions.