On Monday, I had an editorial in the paper putting forth a proposed plan for consolidation of city and county government. We've been chewing this issue over for decades, and nobody had taken that simple step of drafting an actual proposal to argue about. Now, it seems like others have had the same idea. I've heard that both the Northeast Indiana Corporate Council and representatives of City and County Councils have been drafting proposals and that all three are similar. And the councils are planning to have a joint meeting in April to talk about at least one of the plans. I don't claim my plan is anywhere near what a consolidated government could or should look like, but at least its something to argue about and jump off from. Maybe with at least two other plans coming out, there will be a happy convergence that will enable us to finally get moving.
