EDITORIAL: Resign our townships to Indiana's past

(Lafayette) Journal and Courier

Sunday, February 15, 2009 6:37 AM

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The discussion of adopting many of the recommendations of the Kernan-Shepard report seems to have morphed into apocalyptic debates about helping the poor and providing fire protection in the townships.

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Editor, John C. DePrez Jr.; Executive Editor, Carol Rogers; Publishers: IBRC and IAR