Jan Linn, Leo-Cedarville Town Council president, expresses her feelings about Fort Wayne-Allen County consolidation during a meeting for towns and townships across eastern Allen County at the Grabill Fire Station. Cathie Rowand/The Journal Gazette
The Journal Gazette
The Indiana Policy Review recently released its study on "Consolidating Local Government: What Works and What Doesn't." The summary that appears here is accompanied by the resolution approved by the Allen County Common Council in support of the Allen County consolidation effort.
Mayor Bart Peterson proposed an ambitious plan to fully consolidate the city of Indianapolis and Marion County, completing what many see as an inefficient "partial" consolidation begun in 1970.
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