If you do a little homework, you can discover this on your own. So many Fishers residents are jumping to conclusions, before they know the facts of the situation. Education is the key. Things are not as they seem, on the surface. Dig deeper, you’ll be very surprised when you do a little research and get the facts. Don’t believe me, don’t believe Fisher, don’t believe Geist. Reports, contracts, etc. are public record. Find out for yourself. It’s a real eye-opener.

however, I really need to point out that this article does Geist poorly. Horrible grammer, deplorable spelling and structure. It’s barely readable.

Do the right thing and help give credit to Geist and it’s fight against this stupid annexing scam and proofread this article and correct it’s errors.

Know that people in Fishers are well aware of how this will NOt benefit us and that only a few people in the council are pushing this.

Good luck and know that even in Fishers, Geist has it’s supporters.

James

Start digging the real information and when you are finished you might be surprised and in the next election get rid of people who represent you and out and out mislead. Do you want to live in a town with this kind of leadership.

This is a PR practice used by municipal governments and in each case have been proven to be false. They have even made statement such as this in front of a Senate hearing for example:

Mr. Stuart Easly in the hearing on Senate 0114 made the statement, that the majority of the police runs into Geist were by the Fishers Police Department. A review of the police data base 90 days prior to this hearing reveled that 90% of the runs were conducted by the County Sheriff and most of the Fishers runs were traffic stops on streets shared by both communities.

“They use our schools”
School’s are taxed as a separate district. Everyone pays for schools.

“They use our Fire Department”
These are contracted by the townships and fully paid for.

“They use our Police”
I am sure the County Sheriffs will counter this. A 90 day run study found in the Geist/Fishers case 90% of the runs were accomplished by the County. Many of the Fishers runs were traffic stops on roads common to both areas.

“They use our roads”
Yes, they do use your roads to provide income to stores and business within your city. At the same time the citizens of those towns and cities use roads of other cities and the county. There is a basic shared concept, which they would like everyone to forget.

“They use our parks”
In some cases yes and in others no. The parks are mainly used by young families with children playing in organized sports. They usually pay a fee to the sports program. The municipality can charge for out of town users if this is such a concern.

“They use our sewers”
Yes, but they pay for them and in some areas they pay extra fee as an out of area user.

Nothing is for free.

It’s unfortunate that municipalities have a bully pulpit from which to spread disinformation that is not granted to the average property owner fighting against them. From public television to newspaper interviews to the press releases.

Barbie B – Too bad you have fallen for the lies by the people you elected.